Looks like they stuck to the disk that applied the pressure.
Wouldn't that have left depressions in the sand where the pebbles had been before the disc was retracted? I see a couple of depressions, but not enough to account for all the pebbles which went poof.
22 posted on 02/05/2004 5:17:38 PM PST by Paradox
(Cogito ergo Doom.)