Indonesia

Sand Origin

Ancol Pademangan, Kota Jkt Utara

Random Sand Fact

In Indonesia, grains of sand are born that are only minutes old.

Other grains of sand are billions of years old. 

The country has more than 120 active volcanoes. In explosive eruptions, magma is torn apart and small fragments of mineral and volcanic glass are thrown into the air. There they cool and harden before falling back down.

Many are the size of sand grains.

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