These mini hoodoos form on Sable Island when wet sand freezes, then strong winds erode away the drier sand.
The beautiful sand sculptures don’t last long.In a few hours or days, they’re eroded by airborne sand, or they collapse.
Learn more about Sable Island: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ns/sable S. Medill
Speaking of Sable, this was cool. I never heard of it before but I can see how it would happen.