I wrote a bit about the sands of Bali last year, particularly the foram grains. But Bali is one of those places where the sands, reflecting, as always, the local ingredients, are diverse and bring together the products of geological and biological activity. The island is, after all, a volcano, and some beaches are clear evidence of that – sparkling grains of volcanic glass, lava fragments, and apple-green olivine crystals.
When I wrote that earlier post, little did I suspect that I would have a personal reason to reflect on the diversity of sands that Indonesia’s sprawling archipelago has to offer. I lived and worked in Indonesia a long time ago, and developed a great fondness for the place and the people; I returned recently to work on a project for the last month or so, and this has now turned into something longer term. So I’m now back briefly to London to get organised before returning to Jakarta together with Ibu Sandglass. All this may cause some disruption in blogging continuity for a while, but I look forward to reporting on this new adventure – and, hopefully, being able to describe the occasional personal encounter with my never-ending topic in this wonderful part of the world.
[Bali beach image, http://www.newshotram.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Bali-beach-sunset.jpg]
I jut want to say how much I enjoy your Sunday Sand posts. I'm a geology grad student (MS) in California specializing in sedimentology, and I really love the sand photos. I love to see the differences in the sand from various locales, and all are different from the thin sections of sands I've stared at for so many, many hours!
Posted by: Karen | March 31, 2011 at 07:09 PM
Karen - many thanks for the comment. I much enjoy hearing from readers "out of the blue" and appreciate your taking the time to let me know. It seems to me that a guest Sunday Sand post on thin sections might be really entertaining - would you be interested????
Posted by: Sandglass | April 01, 2011 at 10:04 AM
I would indeed be interested, and I sent you an email on the subject; do let me know if you received it!
Posted by: Karen | April 05, 2011 at 09:52 PM
Karen - yes, email received and apologies for the delay in response - in the midst of rushing around organising move to Indonesia! I'll write to you very shortly.
Thanks again
Michael
Posted by: Sandglass | April 06, 2011 at 07:59 AM
Hi Michael
You took wonderful Bali beach picture. Bali is a land of god so everything is beautiful. Enjoy your traveling in Bali
Adi
Posted by: Bali Flight | April 10, 2011 at 04:44 PM