Editing Blasting through the Sand

{{mission infobox
|title=Blasting through the Sand
|image=[[File:SMG Dusty Dune Maze Planet.png|200px]]
|location=[[Dusty Dune Galaxy]]
|number=2
|game=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|boss=
|before=[[Soaring on the Desert Winds|<<]]
|after=[[Sunbaked Sand Castle|>>]]
}}
'''Blasting through the Sand''' is the second mission of the [[Dusty Dune Galaxy]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. 

==Layout==
The player starts back on the same platforms as in the [[Soaring on the Desert Winds|last mission]], though this time there are no [[Dry Bones]] or [[tornado]]es. Collecting the single [[coin]] in the center of the larger platform will cause five [[Pokey Head]]s to appear, and defeating them all will cause a [[Pokey]] to appear. Defeating it by attacking its head will cause a [[Launch Star]] to appear, which will send [[Mario]] to the next group of planets. The next planets are a group of sand platforms and a wooden ring with [[boulder]]s rolling along it. In the center is a [[Sling Star]] that will send Mario flying around to another Sling Star that will lead to long planets with flowing sand. The second of the planets is a large ring of flowing sand and the player has to collect five Blue [[Star Chip]]s, one of which is in a [[Treasure Chest]] that can be opened with a [[Green Shell]]. Collecting all five will create [[Pull Star]]s near the chest, leading to a large planet.

The next planet splits in two directions, and the player has to decide which path to take, though both consist of moving and sinking platforms. The right path leads to a Launch Star, and the path on the left has two [[Eye Beamer]]s above it that emit an electrical beam that will shock Mario if he comes into contact with it, with the [[Warp Pipe]] at the end leading to a room where the player can collect [[note]]s and earn three [[1-Up Mushroom]]s. Both paths will ultimately lead to a planet with many stone platforms, though the path taken on the previous planet will determine what side on this planet the player will start on. The paths have many [[Bone Twister]]s the player can use to reach higher objects, though two Bone Twisters have spiked objects around them that will hurt Mario. [[Ground Pound]]ing a switch on the side with the lighter-colored stones will create platforms on the side with the darker stones the player can use to reach the [[Power Star]].

It is also possible to get the Power Star without using the switch. However, doing that requires an extremely precise triple jump followed by a perfectly timed spin.

==Enemies==
<gallery>
SMG2 Boulder Artwork.png|[[Boulder]]s
SMG Dry Bones Artwork.png|[[Dry Bones]]
SMG Eye Beamer Model.png|[[Eye Beamer]]s
SMG Goomba Model.png|[[Goomba]]s
SMG2 Pokey Sprout Artwork.png|[[Pokey Head]]s
SMG Pokey.png|[[Pokey]]
SMG Thwomp Artwork.png|[[Thwomp]]
SMG Asset Model Tweester.png|[[Bone Twister]]s
</gallery>

==Planets visited==
<gallery>
SMG Welcome to Dusty Dune.png|[[Dusty Dune Galaxy#Starting Planet|Starting Planet]]
SMG Dusty Dune Boulder Ring.png|[[Dusty Dune Galaxy#Ring Planet|Ring Planet]]
SMGSpeedySandPlanet1.png|[[Dusty Dune Galaxy#Speedy Sand Planets|Speedy Sand Planets]]
SMG Maze Planet.png|[[Dusty Dune Galaxy#Maze Planet|Maze Planet]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap={{ruby|果|'''は'''}}てしない{{ruby|流砂|'''りゅうさ'''}}を{{ruby|越|'''こ'''}}えて
|JapR=Hateshinai ryūsa o koete
|JapM=Crossing the Endless Quicksand.
|SpaA=Las Arenas movedizas interminables
|SpaAM=The Endless quicksand
|SpaE=Arenas movedizas interminables
|SpaEM=Endless quicksand
|FreA=Sables Mouvants Sans Fin
|FreAM=Endless Quicksand
|FreE=Sables mouvants sans fin
|FreEM=Endless Quicksand
|Ita=Sabbie Mobili Interminabili
|ItaM=Endless Quicksand
|Ger=Jenseits des endlosen Treibsands
|GerM=Beyond the endless Quicksand
|Chi=穿越无尽的流沙
|ChiR=Chuānyuè wújìn de liúshā 
|ChiM=Going through the Endless Quicksand
|Kor=끝없는 모래사장을 건너
|KorR=Kkeudeomneun moraesajang-eul geonneo
|KorM=Crossing the Endless Quicksand
}}

{{SMG missions}}
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy missions]]