Photographs: Landscape
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Tundra on the shoulder of Mount Herard. Photo courtesy of NPS.
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Photo courtesy of NPS.
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Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.
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Native Rio Grande cutthroat trout live in Upper Sand Creek Lake.
Photo courtesy of NPS.
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At 13,604 feet, Tijeras Peak is the high point of Great Sand
Dunes National Preserve. Photo courtesy of NPS.
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A view of Upper Sand Creek Basin. Photo courtesy of Interactive
Earth.
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Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.
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Looking west from Great Sand Dunes National Preserve. Photo
courtesy of NPS.
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Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.
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Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.
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Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.
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Interdunal ponds may be home to many species of animalsincluding
beaver. Photo courtesy of NPS.
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Read about interdunal ponds.
Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.
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Shockey's cabins are found along the Medano Pass Road. Photo
courtesy of NPS.
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Deer, elk and antelope are a few of the species that depend
on the grasslands that surround the dunefield. Photo courtesy
of NPS.
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Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.
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The historic Mosca Pass Trail was long used by early settlers
and Native Americans to cross the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.
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