Tag: “Sangre De Cristo Mountains”

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  1. 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.

  2. Dune Textures

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

  3. 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.

  4. Mountain Melt

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

  5. The view from the road

  6. Los Cuernos

    Los Cuernos as seen from across Lake Pehoe and Hotel Explora Salto Chico.

  7. Zugspitze: a German High

    Breathtaking views are easy to come by in Germany, but nothing compares with the view from the highest peak in the country. Zugspitze is located near the border with Austria and is the highest place in Germany to drink a giant beer and snack on a soft pretzel.

  8. Italian morning

    Somewhere between Milan and, let's say, Salerno is a vast world of mountains and mists in which we have managed to leave a mere tracery of our passing, roads and railways that hug the deeper valleys, small towns that venture short ways up the slopes. The rest is as ancient as ...

  9. Punta de Mita

    A beautiful beach in Punta de Mita, a small Meican town close to Sayulita.

  10. Finding Room

    When I arrived in the Vietnamese town of Sapa in July 2007, all the hotels in the town center were full. Winding my way down a road to the outskirts, where restaurants and asphalt began to give way to a dirt road and open spaces, I came upon a small hotel that offered me a room on the rooftop for $5/night.