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Originally Posted by wine
No joke. Has anyone else seen it?
Throughout my journies I have stumbled upon beaches that have a thin layer of purple sand, shaped like the wind.
What is the cause of this? I've only seen it in California, does it occur elsewhere?
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On our Washington beaches we sometimes get masses of little sea creatures I think they call "sails" They are a translucent purple creature with a body like insect wings and 3-fold. When they wash up they are rather shining, but when the tide recedes they dry out and break into bits which sometimes stay stuck in the lap lines where the tide dropped them and other times blow in the wind. I speculate this is the cause of your purple sand.
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