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The Sahara Desert Today Vs 8,000 Years Ago (discuss.online)

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Pretty cool.

To be fair, I've never seen myself as separate from nature, just separate from nature on another literal continent, it boggles the mind that sand can reliably and consistently travel that far.

[–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

The atmosphere is crazy, don't even get started on the water.