{"id":14576,"date":"2023-08-10T17:23:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T21:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aleta.life\/?p=14576"},"modified":"2023-08-17T13:48:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:48:04","slug":"denmark-mark-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleta.life\/index.php\/2023\/08\/10\/denmark-mark-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark – Mark 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Denmark\u2019s Jutland peninsula is, along its western shores, essentially one big sand dune. And it\u2019s on the move. Steady winds off the North Sea push the perfect white sands eastwards. Ever eastwards. Some of the bigger dunes have acquired names. Perhaps the best known is the R\u00e5bjerg Mile<\/a>. Kind of like Steve McQueen\u2019s nemesis the Blob<\/a>, the R\u00e5bjerg Mile is about two square kilometres in area and reaches heights of 40 metres.<\/p>\n

Driven by the winds, it is moving east northeast at almost 20 metres a year, swallowing everything in its path. For the Danes this poses a dilemma. Do you save the houses, churches, and other property in the dune\u2019s path? Or do you declare it a conservation area and support the course of nature? Thus far planting grasses and trees has made no difference. The giant sand blob keeps moving along.<\/p>\n

Nature<\/h6>\n

We walked on the dune as the wind howled and sand debrided our shins. Watching our footprints disappear behind us in a matter of seconds as the sand filled them in reminded me that humans have yet to tame nature. No matter how hard we try, nature is still top of our existential hierarchy and if she wants to bury northern Denmark in sand, she will.<\/p>\n

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