Texture Gallery: Sand and Earth

These photos have been created by Smashing Magazine readeres in our Smashing Texture Contest. What can you do with them? You can use all textures for both private and commercial projects for free, without any restrictions whatsoever. However, you are not allowed to offer these files for download; please respect the interestes of over 300 participants of our contest. Please also consider the license information attached to the .zip-archives you download from our server. When it comes to usage of textures, different photographers may have different opinions and intentions. Just enjoy these photographs below guys.



Frank Boisvert
Photo was taken on a dry lakebed while shooting RC planes.

Mike Smith
Pretty much what it looks like…dried, cracked, earth.

Diana iLiThYa B.
I took that picture in Big Sur, CA in a beach called “Pfeiffer Beach”. I believe the sand in that beach has some sort of mineral that makes it look purple.

Yann Cloarec
close up | water + sun + sand + wind ; picture taken in Britanny, France
size : 1024×768

Samuel Cohen
Photo taken in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, USA.

Lady Omega
Dead Sea salt ground, Israel

Matthieu Codron
Ground of Badwater lake, this texture is pretty unique because of the grey/brown rock and the salt. Photo taken in Death Valley National Park, CA

Rizwan Reza
This texture image was shot at Fakkeh, Iran.

Source: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/texture-gallery-sand-earth/