We emerged from the shade of the lake fringe and crossed some low, gray sand dunes. Soon an Afar boy and girl came with their herd of goats to investigate.

当我们从湖边的阴影处现身出来，穿越了一片低矮的灰色沙丘以后，首先迎接我们是一位阿法尔男孩和一位阿法尔女孩以及他们放牧的一群山羊。

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At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand dune on the eastern edge of the Namib Desert.

就在冬至前三周，晨曦时分，纳米比亚大沙漠的东边的沙丘上，最后一缕灰色的晨雾衬着粉色的天空蜿蜒屈曲。

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The sky was heavy and gray, the beach was wide and empty, and as the waves crashed on the smooth brown sand, Frankie spotted a single cold, brave surfer, our only company that day.

灰色的天空阴沉沉的，海滩空旷无人，海浪不断冲刷着细滑的棕色沙粒，弗兰基发现了唯一一名冷淡但勇敢的冲浪者，那是那天我们全家仅有的伙伴。

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Around midday, we arrived a few hundred yards below the glacier, on what seemed like a Martian plateau gray sand, strange rocks, no evidence of sentient life.

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The guest rooms and suites are freshly painted, carpeted, and wallpapered in predominantly sand and gray tones (peach is now an accent).

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