The sand and dust settled.
They bury themselves anyway, as the sand settles around them.
Let each sit for a few minutes so that the sand settles to the bottom.
Even after the air was turned off and the sand settled, the packing density of the grains was an airy 41 percent, down from 60 percent initially.
Moments later, the swirling sand settled to the rocky soil and the fierce gale quieted to a soft but still sweltering breeze.
Where the water flowed slowly (in the shallow water zones), clay was left behind; where it flowed fast, sand and gravel settled.
Look, the kicked sand on the edge of these tracks here hasn't even settled.
The sand settled and Peter Lorre opened the hatch.
At that time, sand and volcanic debris settled into an ancient ocean.
The main feature of the place is that since these differently coloured sands spontaneously settle in different layers, dunes acquire a surrealistic, striped colouring.
