GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK
(photos from the textbook CD)
Great Sand Dunes on the eastern edge of the Rio Grande Rift Valley
with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the distance.
Great Sand Dunes on the eastern edge of the Rio Grande Rift Valley
with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the distance.
Medano Creek along the southern side of the Great Sand Dunes dune field.
Medano Creek along the southern side of the Great Sand Dunes dune field, with the
Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the distance.
Star dune in the Great Sand Dunes dune field.
GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK
(photos from JSJ)
Rio Grande Rift Valley (looking west).
Rio Grande Rift Valley (looking ~east-southeast) with Great Sand Dunes
against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Map of Great Sand Dunes dune field showing location of
various types of dunes.
Great Sand Dunes and Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background.
Great Sand Dunes with the Rio Grande Rift Valley in the foreground
& the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background.
Great Sand Dunes with people at the crest for scale.
Medano Creek at no-flow stage - just damp sand. Sangre de Cristo Mountains in
the background.
Asymmetrically rippled sand at Great Sand Dunes.
Magnetite-rich sand at Medano Creek.