The Corralejo Dunes are not from the Sahara

Today I received three nice sand samples from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. They were sent to me by Cathrene Rowell from England. One of the samples is taken from dunes which are supposedly made of sand from the Sahara Desert.

The sample is from the Corralejo Dunes (Dunas de Corralejo) which occupy large area of the […]