Sand
Although we are small now, we are still strong, a million tiny mountains in our own right.
by Rachel Heng
Dec 06, 2021
1 minute
An outcrop of basalt columns by the sea. Credit: Wellcome Collection.
We were cliffs once, clawed by eagles, pinned by roots of slanted trees. Lashed by wind, rain, and time â ever so slowly, we crumbled. Feldspar was the first to
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