Word: sand
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...Often times they will use a special absorbent material. It could be sand. It will suck up any of the free liquids...and bind to the oil,” Griffin said...
...change of scene, you can saunter along the lengthy peaks of the Sand Dunes near Stovepipe Wells, where desert winds have deposited grains of mountain quartz in a beach-like expanse that covers 15 sq. mi. Or you can visit Devil's Golf Course, where wind and rain have shaped the silt of ancient saltwater lakes into surreal crystallized salt pinnacles. And there's no place better to observe the tectonic forces that shaped Death Valley than at Badwater, the lowest place in the valley (and on the continent), where a salt-and-silt bog hundreds of feet below...
...serene showcase of volcanic rocks painted in pastels by various minerals: iron-producing reds, pinks, yellows; decomposing mica coloring rocks mint green; manganese supplying the purple. The best panoramic vista on this route is at Dantes View, where the deepest salt basin, tallest mountain, multicolored rocks and swirling sand can be savored from 5,475 ft. high in the Black Mountains...
...toughest courses at the Laem Chabang International Country Club, laemchabanggolf.com, two hours east of Bangkok. It's not because of the heat, but the pressure: a 200-yard tunnel of bushes leaves no room for a hook or a slice; farther on, the gaping mouths of four hungry sand traps guard a tiny, fast green. And I've been grouped with three aces who fly in every year from Japan to be humbled by this obstacle course of bunkers, lakes and foliage designed by Jack Nicklaus to keep balls out of holes and golfers returning for more...
...Sawat's advice seems to have little effect as I drive the ball 200 yards?mostly straight up?while my adversaries launch towering 250-yard blasts. They reach the 339-yard par 4 in two; I chop through jungle and sand to land in four. But I still have a chance to catch up on the green. I'm zenning over my putt when Sawat surprises me by picking up the ball. She lines up the putt then draws an imaginary arc where I'm supposed to roll it. "Left to right," she says, pulling the flag to pinpoint...