# Saltation

- By: The High Fin Sperm Whale
- Date: 2010-11-06
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Self-photographed
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saltation.JPG)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/1/17/Saltation.JPG/1920px-Saltation.JPG
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Some pebbles at a dried-up lake. It is similar to desert pavement, as the wind blows out small bits of sand and silt in a process called Saltation. This leaves behind a packed-down layer of pebbles and cobbles.