Dunes at sunset along the southern edge of the dune field
Dunes at sunset along the southern edge of the dune field in Great Sand Dunes National Park
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Pit restoration in process, Sand Creek Gravel Pit 7, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado.
Views at Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Colorado
Nestled in southern Colorado, North America's tallest dunes rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The wind shaped dunes glow beneath the rugged backdrop of the mountains. This g... More
Views at Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Colorado
Nestled in southern Colorado, North America's tallest dunes rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The wind shaped dunes glow beneath the rugged backdrop of the mountains. This g... More
Views at Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Colorado
Nestled in southern Colorado, North America's tallest dunes rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The wind shaped dunes glow beneath the rugged backdrop of the mountains. This g... More
Views at Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Colorado
Nestled in southern Colorado, North America's tallest dunes rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The wind shaped dunes glow beneath the rugged backdrop of the mountains. This g... More
Views at Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Colorado
Nestled in southern Colorado, North America's tallest dunes rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The wind shaped dunes glow beneath the rugged backdrop of the mountains. This g... More
Views at Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Colorado
Nestled in southern Colorado, North America's tallest dunes rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The wind shaped dunes glow beneath the rugged backdrop of the mountains. This g... More
Views at Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Colorado
Nestled in southern Colorado, North America's tallest dunes rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The wind shaped dunes glow beneath the rugged backdrop of the mountains. This g... More
Views at Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Colorado
Nestled in southern Colorado, North America's tallest dunes rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The wind shaped dunes glow beneath the rugged backdrop of the mountains. This g... More
Mikayla Thomas, GIP intern - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Mikayla Thomas, GIP intern at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado.
Great Sand Dunes National Park - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Dune Ridges and Gold Aspens Picryl description: Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
First snow of the season - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
First snow of the season in Great Sand Dunes National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
Star Dune Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View of Great Sand Dunes NPP from Space
Photo taken of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve from the International Space Station in 2008.
Elk Near Entrance Road - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
A bull elk and females in the grasslands southwest of the dunes, Great Sand Dunes National Park
Girl in Medano Creek Wave - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
A girl enjoys the wave action of Medano Creek at Great Sand Dunes National Park in May 2010.
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
Medano Creek, Dunes, and Cleaveland Peak Picryl description: Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Rocky Mountain elk herd at sunrise, Great Sand Dunes National Park and...
Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), along with other large animals like pronghorn, sandhill cranes and golden eagles, are often seen by visitors in the fall to spring. Elk prefer open grasslands and... More
Male mountain bluebird (Sialia currocoides), Great Sand Dunes National...
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Herd of elk running across the dunes, Great Sand Dunes National Park a...
Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), along with other large animals like pronghorn, sandhill cranes and golden eagles, are often seen by visitors in the fall to spring. Elk prefer open grasslands and... More
Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis), Great Sand Dunes National Park and ...
Sandhill cranes mate for life, choosing their partners based on dancing displays. They stretch their wings, pump their heads, bow and leap into the air during their mating display. Juvenile sandhill cranes usua... More
Sand dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela theatina), Great Sand Dunes Nationa...
Found only in Great Sand Dunes NP, these little beetles have very unique characteristics. While most insects are short-lived, the tiger beetle takes over two-and-a-half years (including two winter hibernations)... More
American avocets reflection in the wetland, Great Sand Dunes National ...
In spring, American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) have a striking, rusty-orange breeding plumage. This species lays light green speckled eggs right on the shore of the wetlands, with little to no nest mater... More
Snow-capped mountain as seen from the wetlands of San Luis Valley, Gre...
Medano Creek becomes wetlands and lakes west of the dunefield by mid-summer. Shorebirds, amphibians and elk are often seen near the wetlands.
Dune ripples, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, 2015.
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Moorise over Mount Herard, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve...
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American avocets in the wetlands, Great Sand Dunes National Park and P...
Where does all of the water in Medano Creek go? It disappears beyond the end of the dunefield, then emerges again as wetlands west of the dunes. This water makes a surprising oasis of life in the desert and is ... More
Starflowers in front of Star Dune and Crestone Peaks, Great Sand Dunes...
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Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus), Great Sand Dunes National Park...
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American avocet mother and fledglings, Great Sand Dunes National Park ...
These American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) fledglings are learning from their mother how to feed in the wetland shallows. Their father is also helping rear the young. His job is to chase away other birds a... More
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), Great Sand Dunes National Park and ...
This artiodactyl (even-toed) mammal is indigenous to North America. Commonly known simply as pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), it is the fastest land animal in North America, able to reach 60 miles per hour! D... More
Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis), Great Sand Dunes National Park and ...
Sandhill cranes mate for life, choosing their partners based on dancing displays. They stretch their wings, pump their heads, bow and leap into the air during their mating display. Juvenile sandhill cranes usua... More
Road to the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Alamosa Cou...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Sunset over the mountains near the Great Sand Dunes National Park and ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Footprints at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, one of Americ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
A portion of Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, one of America...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
Sunset over the mountains near the Great Sand Dunes National Park and ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
A surprising place to get wet, but also a handy place to then get dry ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. One finds the obligatory dunes of sand here, in fact, the tallest in North America, rising in one spot 750 feet above the floor of the... More
Rural scene near the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Al...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
View of the tallest dune in North America at Great Sand Dunes National...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, one of America's newest nat...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
Distant view of Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve (the brownis...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
The distant dunes of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve i...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
A surprising place to get wet, but also a handy place to then get dry ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. One finds the obligatory dunes of sand here, in fact, the tallest in North America, rising in one spot 750 feet above the floor of the... More
Rural scene near the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Al...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
A storm brews over the sagebrush near Great Sand Dunes National Park a...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
View from right on top of the tallest dune in North America at Great S...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, one of America's newest nat...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
A surprising place to get wet, but also a handy place to then get dry ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. One finds the obligatory dunes of sand here, in fact, the tallest in North America, rising in one spot 750 feet above the floor of the... More
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, one of America's newest nat...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, one of America's newest nat...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
A surprising place to get wet, but also a handy place to then get dry ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. One finds the obligatory dunes of sand here, in fact, the tallest in North America, rising in one spot 750 feet above the floor of the... More
Small farmhouse and the distant dunes of the Great Sand Dunes National...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Rural scene near the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Al...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
View from right on top of the tallest dune in North America at Great S...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Visitors at the dunes Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
A landscape view of the dunes and the mountains Public domain photograph of mountain range, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Visitors at the dunes Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Visitors on the dunes Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Visitors walk up the dunes Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Walking across the dunes Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Walking in the dunes Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
A landscape view of the dunes
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Landscape view of the dunes and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains behind the dunes.
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
A landscape view of the Great Sand Dunes. Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
A landscape view of the dunes and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains behind them.
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Visitors on the sand dunes Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Walking across the dunes Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Visitors play on the dunes Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
A landscape view of the dunes
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Walking in Great Sand Dunes Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Visitors on the dunes Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Close up photo of some boot prints in the sand Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Close up photo of a footprint in the sand
Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery
Landscape view of the dunes and Sangre de Cristo Mountains Picryl description: Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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NPS employees taking to visitors in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
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NPS employees taking to visitors in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
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NPS employees digging in the sand in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
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NPS employees digging in the sand in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT - NARA - 544869
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT - NARA - 544873
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT - NARA - 544878
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT - NARA - 544886
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Sand dunes, near Mosca Pass. Colorado - NARA - 517171
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