<p>A traveler takes in an extraordinary sight, though perhaps not uncommon in the Punta Paloma sand dunes in Tarifa, Spain: a tree overwhelmed by sand. The windy town of Tarifa, located on Spain's southernmost tip, on the Strait of Gibraltar, is popular among lovers of wind-powered watersports (think windsurfing and kitesurfing) and just a 30-minute ferry ride from Morocco.</p>

Tarifa, Spain

A traveler takes in an extraordinary sight, though perhaps not uncommon in the Punta Paloma sand dunes in Tarifa, Spain: a tree overwhelmed by sand. The windy town of Tarifa, located on Spain's southernmost tip, on the Strait of Gibraltar, is popular among lovers of wind-powered watersports (think windsurfing and kitesurfing) and just a 30-minute ferry ride from Morocco.

Photograph by David Santiago Garcia/Aurora Photos

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