Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 02:37:41 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Alex and Ralph are setting up Ralph's time-lapse camera to watch ripples move at our first stop.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 02:43:06 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Looking at the dune crests to the north.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 02:49:26 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Jani and her students start up the side of the dune with that big orange box, which contains a ground-penetrating RADAR.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 02:50:22 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Alex, just below the crest.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 02:50:54 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:04:52 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

It's sheer brute force lugging the thing up the crazy dune.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:09:08 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Almost there . . .
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:09:27 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Made it to the top!
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:12:31 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Ralph breaks out the Kite-cam.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:13:48 -- 1/200 sec, f/13.0.  Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Unknown. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:14:05 -- 1/200 sec, f/13.0.  Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Unknown. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:15:19 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:18:15 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Kite partway up.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:19:04 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Alex, through saltating sand.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:19:26 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Kite reaches the level of the dunetop where I'm sitting.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:23:33 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:23:44 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Kitemaster Ralph.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:33:04 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:33:12 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:38:22 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Looking down the farside of the dune, with the ground-penetrating RADAR crew at the way distance.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:45:28 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Beautiful patterns of sand blowing in a thin layer above the dune.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:45:45 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, Large -- Medium

Megapanorama.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 03:55:03 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 04:45:35 -- 1/400 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

GPR crew trudging back, now.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 06:21:27 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 06:21:38 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 06:21:43 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 06:23:38 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Jani & Titus.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 06:24:11 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Very thin line of magnetite grains indicates where the dunecrest was probably overnight.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 06:39:03 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Okay, now I'm trudging down into the interdune on the far side from the car.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 06:39:22 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 06:43:16 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

A lot of gravel in the interdunes, and not a lot of loose sand.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 06:51:35 -- 1/4000 sec, f/4.5.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Digging underneath for a sample.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 08:05:49 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 08:06:00 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Ralph and Alex, in a ripple sea
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 08:08:01 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 08:11:06 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Back along my path.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 09:27:19 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Driving back after day 1 along the interdunes.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 09:27:43 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2013:08:09 09:45:20 -- 1/125 sec, f/13.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.3456x2304 Off. Large -- Medium

Approaching the research station after day 1.