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Dunes at sunset along the southern edge of the dune field

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

Views at Great Sand Dunes National Monument 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elk Near Entrance Road - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

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

Rocky Mountain elk herd at sunrise, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, 2014.

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

Herd of elk running across the dunes, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, 2015.

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

Sand dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela theatina), Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, 2015.

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

Snow-capped mountain as seen from the wetlands of San Luis Valley, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, 2015.

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.

Moorise over Mount Herard, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, 2015.

Moorise over Mount Herard, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve...

Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Footprints at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, one of America's newest national parks to be established (in 2004), in the San Luis Valley at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Range. The dunes, the tallest in North America, were formed from sand and soil deposits of the Rio Grande River and its tributaries, flowing through the valley

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's newest national parks to be established (in 2004), in the San Luis Valley at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Range. The dunes, the tallest in North America,were formed from sand and soil deposits of the Rio Grande River and its tributaries, flowing through the valley

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

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, one of America's newest national parks to be established (in 2004), in the San Luis Valley at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Range. The dunes, the tallest in North America, were formed from sand and soil deposits of the Rio Grande River and its tributaries, flowing through the valley

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

The distant dunes of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Alamosa County, Colorado

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

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, one of America's newest national parks to be established (in 2004), in the San Luis Valley at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Range. The dunes, the tallest in North America, were formed from sand and soil deposits of the Rio Grande River and its tributaries, flowing through the valley

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 national parks to be established (in 2004), in the San Luis Valley at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Range. The dunes, the tallest in North America, were formed from sand and soil deposits of the Rio Grande River and its tributaries, flowing through the valley

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 national parks to be established (in 2004), in the San Luis Valley at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Range. The dunes, the tallest in North America, were formed from sand and soil deposits of the Rio Grande River and its tributaries, flowing through the valley

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

Small farmhouse and the distant dunes of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Alamosa County, Colorado

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

Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery

Great Sand Dunes - National Parks Gallery

Landscape view of the dunes and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains behind the dunes.