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Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

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Winds blowing in the shadow of high mountains of the Rocky range deposited on the sagebrush desert sands that built up the tallest dunes on the continent.

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Sunset over mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes at dawn with snow and moon. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Patch of sand in snow-covered dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sand dunes below snowy mountain range at sunset. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Melting snow on the dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune ridges. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Wildflowers, grass prairie and dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Slope with yellow flowers and pinyon pines. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Medano Pass in summer. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Prairie sunflowers and blowout grasses on dune field. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Distant view of Dunes and Crestone Peaks in late afternoon. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dry wash and dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Medano Creek, dunefield, and mountains in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Rubber rabbitbrush. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Riparian vegetation in autum foliage, Medano Creek. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Hillside with trunks of aspen in autum. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Autumn foliage and mountains near Medano Pass. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Mount Herard and autumn foliage at sunrise from Medano Pass. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Subalpine forest, Sangre de Cristo mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Autumn colors around Lower Sand Creek Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sangre de Cristo mountain rising above Sand Creek. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Autumn forests and dunes from above. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sangre de Cristo Mountains and dune field from above. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field and valley, late afternoon. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Last light tover dune field and Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field in lilac afterglow. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Clouds and Lower Sand Creek Lake at dusk. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Medano Lake reflecting Mount Herard at night. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Solitary tree on prairie below cloud. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Lone tree and flatland. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Lonely tree on plain. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Autum Color and distant dunefield. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Distant Dunefield and Sangre de Cristo Range. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Star Dune and Sangre de Cristo Range, afternoon. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Distant view of dunes and Sangre de Christo mountains in late afternoon. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Grass and dunes, morning. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes, ridge and clouds. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Tall dunes and low clouds. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Distant view of the dune field and Sangre de Christo mountains at sunset. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Flats, sand dunes, and snowy Sangre de Christo mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunefield and Mount Herard at night. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Grasslands below mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sagebrush in bloom and pinyon pine forest. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Pinyon pine tree. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Bark detail of Pinyon pine trunk. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Yellow flowers and cactus. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Closeup of shrubs. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Forest in autumn along Mosca Creek. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Prairie sunflowers and blowout grasses on sand dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Close-up of Prairie sunflowers and blowout grasses. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Rainbow over dune field. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field and Sangre de Cristo mountains at sunset. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Mount Herard and dune field at sunset. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes and sunset clouds. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field at dusk. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field and Sangre de Cristo mountains with cloud lighted by sunset. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes and mountains with fall colors at dusk. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes and Mount Herard at dusk. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes and Sangre de Cristo mountains at dusk. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes and Mount Zwischen at dusk. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune ridges at dusk. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes with starry sky at night. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes and clouds at night. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes, moonlit clouds, and stars. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes and Sangre de Cristo Mountains at night. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes and mountains at night. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field in winter at dawn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Snow-covered dune landscape and mountains at dawn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Sand dune scenery in winter. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Curve on snowy dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field covered by snow. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Pattern of snow over dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sparse snow on the dunes at dawn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Patches of uncovered sand in snow-covered dunes, mountains, and dark clouds. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Zig-zag pattern of sand amongst Snow on the dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Snowy Sangre de Cristo Mountains and clouds above dune field. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sand dunes with snow patches. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Scenic view of dunes in winter. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Landscape of snowy dunes and mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Melting snow on sand dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Landscape of sand dunes and mountains in winter. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Sand dunes and Sangre de Christo mountains in winter. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Dune field in winter. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Sand ripples and Sangre de Christo mountains in winter. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Ripples in partly snow-covered sand dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Patch of sand, snow-covered dunes, Sangre de Christo mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sand dunes with snow patches and Sangre de Christo range. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Rippled dunes and Sangre de Christo mountains in winter. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sand dunes with patches of snow seen from above. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Wide shallow creek at the base of dune field. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Medano creek, Sand Dunes, and Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Medano creek with shifting sands, dunes and Sangre de Christo mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Mendonca creek, dunes and Sangre de Christo mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Shallow Medano Creek and sand patterns. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Banks of flowing Medano Creek, dunes and mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Medano Creek flowing, dunes, and trees in autumn foliage. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Medano Creek and dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dry creek and tree skeletons on edge of sand dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Ghost Forest, skeletons of trees engulfed by sands. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune edge with dead trees. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Tree skeletons on dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Panoramic color)

Ghost forest: squeletons of trees engulfed by the sands. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Grasslands with rubber rabbitbrush, sagebrush, and dunefield at dawn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Shrubs and cottonwoods in autum foliage, Medano Creek. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Cottonwoods in fall foliage and dark dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Riparian habitat along Medano Creek in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Rabbitbrush in dried Medano creek bed. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dried Medano Creek and sand dunes in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Grasses, patterns in sand of Medano Creek, sand dunes in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune sand, creek, grasslands, and mountains in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dry Medano Creek. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes and Medano creek below snowy mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Storm clouds over the Sangre de Christo mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Snowy peak appearing between clouds. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Snowy Sangre de Cristo Mountains above clouds. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Desert-like sagebrush and snowy Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Desert-like sagebrush and snowy Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Rabbitbrush in autumn and dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Shrubs in autumn and dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Shrubs and dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sage and rabbitbrush. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Grassland shrubs. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Ground close-up with flowers, shrubs, and sand. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Ground close-up with flowers, cactus, and sand. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Storm light illuminates portions of the dune field. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Storm light illuminates portions of the dune field. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Pinyon pines. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Autumn color on Escape Dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sangre de Cristo mountains with aspen in fall foliage above dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sangre de Cristo range with bright patches of aspen above dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Summer meadow and Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Medano Pass. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Aspen trees in summer near Medano Pass. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Aspen trunks in summer near Medano Pass. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Forest in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Wildflowers aud forest in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Looking up aspen. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Aspen trees at edge of prairie in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Hillside with aspen recently turned yellow. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Hillside covered with trees in colorful autumn foliage. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Slopes below Mt Herard with trees in autum color. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Golden aspen groves on slope. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Aspen and firs on slope. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Hills covered with trees in autumn foliage near Medano Pass. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Meadow and hills in autumn foliage near Medano Pass. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Hill blow Mt Herard covered with trees in colorful autumn foliage. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Aspen in autum foliage framing Mount Herard at dawn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Peak rising above fir forest. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Firs, shrubs in autumn color, and rocky slopes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Berry plants in red autumn foliage. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Close-up of alpine plants in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Berry plants in red autumn foliage and peak. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Alpine meadows in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Medano Lakes from above. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Ridge, Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Barren alpine slopes below Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sangre de Cristo mountain from Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Rugged Sangre de Cristo mountains brightened by aspens in fall foliage. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Rocky Sangre de Cristo mountain brightened by aspens in fall foliage. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Mount Herard rounded summit. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Distant mountains from Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sangre de Cristo mountain ridges. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Summit slopes on Mount Herard, ridges, autumn colors, and dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field seen from alpine summit of Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field and plain from above. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field from above. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dunes from above. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

The 750 feet dunes look small from alpine summit of 13,297 feet Mt. Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sangre de Cristo Mountains seen from alpine summit of Mt. Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Alpine tundra slopes of Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Medano Lakes from Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Ridge and Medano Lakes from Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sunset from Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Mount Herard by moonlight above Medano Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Tijeras Peak, Music Mountain, and Milwaukee Peak. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Autum foliage and Music Mountain. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Subalpine meadow in Sand Creek Valley. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sand Creek Valley. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sand Creek Valley and Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sand Creek Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Mountain reflection and line of trees, Sand Creek Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Trees on shore on Lower Sand Creek Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Firs on shoreline, Lower Sand Creek Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Talus and reflection, Lower Sand Creek Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Rock talus reflected in Lower Sand Creek Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Lakeshore in autumn with shurbs and fir trees, Lower Sand Creek Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Fir trunks, Lower Sand Creek Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Fir trees, srubs in autumn color, and rocks. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Fir trees, srubs in autumn color, and talus. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Lush vegetation around creek. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Autumn vegetation and alpine lake, Lower Sand Creek Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sand Creek Lake at sunset. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Tijeras Peak above Lower Sand Creek Lake at night. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Milky Way, Tijeras Peak reflected in Lower Sand Creek Lake. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sand Creek Valley at night. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Milky Way, Sand Creek Valley, and Tijeras Peak. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Sand Creek Valley, and Tijeras Peak at night. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Medano Pass primitive road. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Gravel road through trees in autumn foliage, Medano Pass. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Medano primitive road surrounded by trees in autumn color. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

4WD vehicle on Medano primitive road in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Jeep on Medano primitive road near Medano Pass in autumn. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Trail, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Trail and Sangre de Cristo Wilderness sign. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field interpretative sign. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Visitor center. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Visitor center and reflections in large windows. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Dune field, visitor center window reflexion. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Grasslands and mountains, visitor center window reflexion. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Amphitheater, Pinyon Flats campground. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Pinyon Flats campground. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Hiker above Medano Lakes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Visitor looking, Mount Herard. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Backpackers hiking out of dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Hiker climbing high dune. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

Visitor looking, dune field. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ( color)

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