Tag: “Sand Dunes”

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  1. Sunny Glow on the sand

  2. Great Sand Dunes National Park

    The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America, rising about 750 feet from the floor of the San Luis Valley on the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Range. One of the most unusual features of the park happens at Medano Creek, which borders the east side of the dunes and is located next to the Visitor Center and Bookstore.

  3. Great Sand Dunes National Park

    The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America, rising about 750 feet from the floor of the San Luis Valley on the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Range, covering about 19,000 acres. The dunes were formed from sand deposits of the Rio Grande and its tributaries, flowing through the San Luis Valley.

  4. White Sands National Monument

  5. I'm the Rider of the Sand Dunes...

    The mighty sand dunes of the western Sahara... Located few kilometers away from the village of Farafra, basically one of the oasis of Egypt.

    The most serene place i have ever visited on this planet so far...

  6. White Sands National Monument

    Here White Sands is shown in a white-out. What happens when winds are 40-70mph.

  7. The Great Sand Dunes

    The Great Sand Dunes was once the bottom of an ancient sea. Located in the San Luis Valley of Colorado at the base of the Sangre de Cristo mountains.

  8. Dune Textures

    One of the many moods at the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado.

  9. Vegetation at the Sand Dunes

    Some of the very little vegetation growing at the Great Sand Dunes. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the background.

  10. Mountain Melt

    In the spring and early summer, the melting snow from the mountains creates a stream at the Great Sand Dunes.