Geology

Landfall

LANDFALL invites visitors to play with an intricately cascading landscape of black sand. Visitors slowly rotate a 24-inch Plexiglas orb filled with densely packed sand. The sand is divided into two hemispheres by a sheet of aluminum that allows the sand to drain through small holes. The resulting avalanches are mesmerizing as the sand begins to form mountainous shapes. The miniature deep ravines, steep mountainsides, and liquid-like flowing avalanches are reminiscent of similar phenomena in nature.