Tag: “Great Sand Dunes”

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  1. Great Sand Dunes National Park

    The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America, rising about 750 feet from the floor of the San Luis Valley on the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Range. One of the most unusual features of the park happens at Medano Creek, which borders the east side of the dunes and is located next to the Visitor Center and Bookstore.

  2. Great Sand Dunes National Park

    The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America, rising about 750 feet from the floor of the San Luis Valley on the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Range, covering about 19,000 acres. The dunes were formed from sand deposits of the Rio Grande and its tributaries, flowing through the San Luis Valley.

  3. Six Flags Great Adventure: A Place Where Roller Coasters Rule

    Six Flags Great Adventure is celebrating its 34th year of operation (2008) in Jackson, New Jersey, situated between New York City and Philadelphia. For those that know the Six Flags brand, it's about the thrill rides.

  4. Carilo

    A little beach town on the atlantic in Argentina, about 4.5 hours from Buenos Aires

  5. Vegetation at the Sand Dunes

    Some of the very little vegetation growing at the Great Sand Dunes. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the background.

  6. White Sands National Monument

    white sands is a national monument in southern new mexico...it's filled with incredible pure white sand dunes and has been described as "like snow, but not" by locals...

  7. Farafra

    The Farafra Oasis (Arabic: الفرافرة) is the smallest oasis located in Western Egypt, near latitude 27.06° North and longitude 27.97° East. It is located in the Libyan Desert, approximately mid-way between Dakhla and Bahariya.

    Farafra has an estimated 5,000 inhabitants (2002) living witin its single village and is mostly inhabited by the local Bedouins.

  8. Sunny Glow on the sand

  9. White Sands National Monument

  10. I'm the Rider of the Sand Dunes...

    The mighty sand dunes of the western Sahara... Located few kilometers away from the village of Farafra, basically one of the oasis of Egypt.

    The most serene place i have ever visited on this planet so far...