I think you're right. The texture with that block of sand just doesn't match with the others so he must be holding it. Good catch dude.
Nope, look closely. That sand block is just 1 block higher, and closer than the ones behind it. Its not a new feature. (The dimensions and angles don't fit the "held in left hand" idea)
Seems pretty obvious that the second thing is the sunset lighting effects. Not only is it not blocky, but it's not white. This demonstrates (and confirms the announcement) that Minecraft finally supports colored light sources. Much bigger deal, IMO, than chests getting a graphical facelift.
found out what it really is. Look at the terrain. normally, deserts always have the same terrain as everything else. but look at the other picture. it's terrain is much wilder. the desert's land is very nearly flat.
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boboli509 I see a weird sapling next to one of the little sand shrubs
He is one of the correct ones. Because when i play my minecraft game and sun sets it look exactly the same, i just tried it. Also there already is 4 block high cactus, you just have to apply bonemeal to it or let it rain, or take the long time to let it grow. The clouds are already 3d in Fancy Mode, and there is no block in his left hand, it's obviously a higher block because he pressed F1 (or maybe it's F2) to disable the surrounding player things, since you can't see his toolbar and health, that means you can't see his hand or block in hand either. try it on MC. Also Vines being able to climb could be possible due to the issue of them spawning on floating islands, maybe even possible floating islands will be alot more common, but as you know Notch said the chest pic had 2 new things in it, 1st is the chest, and 2nd HAS to be that strange thing behind the cacti block
If you still think it's something else then please try to debunk what that thing is
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It is just a raised sand block...
Nope, look closely. That sand block is just 1 block higher, and closer than the ones behind it. Its not a new feature. (The dimensions and angles don't fit the "held in left hand" idea)
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He is one of the correct ones. Because when i play my minecraft game and sun sets it look exactly the same, i just tried it. Also there already is 4 block high cactus, you just have to apply bonemeal to it or let it rain, or take the long time to let it grow. The clouds are already 3d in Fancy Mode, and there is no block in his left hand, it's obviously a higher block because he pressed F1 (or maybe it's F2) to disable the surrounding player things, since you can't see his toolbar and health, that means you can't see his hand or block in hand either. try it on MC. Also Vines being able to climb could be possible due to the issue of them spawning on floating islands, maybe even possible floating islands will be alot more common, but as you know Notch said the chest pic had 2 new things in it, 1st is the chest, and 2nd HAS to be that strange thing behind the cacti block
If you still think it's something else then please try to debunk what that thing is