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A starry desert night among the dunes
This desert night under the stars plays free in your browser, as a cool wind moves over moonlit sand dunes. Silver light lies on every ripple of sand. Above you, the sky is so full of stars that it seems to glow.
The wind rushes softly over the crests, and fine sand streams down a slope beside you with a dry hiss. Insects chirp in a few low bushes. Near a small tent far off, a gust catches the canvas, and it flaps and snaps before going still.
Then wild dogs yip and howl far across the dunes, thin and high, and you sit up to listen. An owl calls once. A long gust swells over the crest, lifts the sand, and fades. Stretched out on the cool sand, you feel tiny under all those stars, yet perfectly at ease.
For a hushed night with no gusts, choose Calm night. If you want only the moving air and the drifting sand, press Wind and sand.
What you hear on the dunes at night
- Night wind over the dunes: A cool, soft wind blows over the open dunes with a gentle rush and a fine hiss of drifting sand. It sounds wide and very quiet. Plays all the time.
- Sand streaming down a dune: Fine, dry sand streams down the slope of a dune, a soft hiss that comes and goes close to the ground. Plays all the time.
- Night insects in the grass: A soft chorus of insects pulses in the low scrub between the dunes. Plays all the time.
- Gust lifting sand: One strong gust sweeps over the dunes and lifts the sand with a rushing hiss, then dies away. Plays at random moments, about 3 times every 10 minutes.
- Long gust over the dunes: A long gust of cool air swells to a soft roar, sand hisses over the crest, and then all is calm again. Plays at random moments, about 3 times every 10 minutes.
- Wild dogs far away: A small pack of wild dogs yips and howls for a moment, far away across the dunes. Plays at random moments, about once every 10 minutes.
- Owl calling: An owl calls in the dark, a soft hoot that carries over the sand. Plays at random moments, about once every 10 minutes.
- Canvas awnings in the wind: Canvas flaps and snaps in a gust of wind, a few loud cloth flaps that die down. Plays at random moments, about 3 times every 10 minutes.
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