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Sastrugi at South Pole Station, Antarctica. Sastrugi, or wind sculpted snow, are ridges formed when wind erodes and drifts the snow. (Courtesy of Mr. Fred Walton, NOAA Corps Collection.)


Sastrugi: wind sculpted snow