Slow motion sandballs rolling down a hill (VIDEO)
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High-speed laboratory cameras capture two distinct “sandball” shapes formed when raindrops strike dry, sloped sand and roll downhill. (Top) Peanut-shaped sandballs, where grains coat the surface of a liquid core. (Bottom) Donut-shaped sandballs, which densify into rigid, wheel-like structures with a hollow center, enabling far more efficient sediment transport than splash erosion alone.
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Daisuke Noto and Hugo Ulloa
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