There was a rug directly in front of him, but he sat on open sand.

The little craft skimmed over the open sands at good speed.

A day's march across open sand in little more than an hour!

When they had made their way in the moonlight down to the open sands, he turned to his stepson.

"There's a way to get safely across that open sand," Paul said.

Excavated areas were where open sand existed because of human activities.

Fire is said to have no water of its own, and people on the open sands during daylight quickly die.

Once on the open sand they would be safe from a surprise attack.

On the open sand he would be exposed, easy to pick off.

I can still see it going on across the open sand.