Colorado's Great Sand Dunes.

From: Weatherwise | Date: March 1, 2007| Author: Darack, Ed | Copyright information

Sand dunes towering atop an alpine valley that lies more than a mile above sea level--in the heart of the Rocky Mountains? Difficult though it might be to believe, just such a creation, the Great Sand Dunes, lies tucked in the northeast corner of Colorado's isolated San Luis Valley in the Rio Grande Basin of south-central Colorado.

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Generally associated with searing, waterless deserts, sand dunes typically evoke visions of parched air and...

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