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Sangre de Cristo

            Until this trip, and I've traveled to Colorado dozens of times, I had never knowingly laid eyes upon this sub-range of the Rocky Mountains.  In my youth, I'd no doubt seen them from a distance when our family traveled to Taos, New Mexico and then passed through Trinidad, Colorado--but never up close.  This trip was mostly revisiting general areas I'd been to before--Rocky Mountain NP, Aspen, Glenwood Canyon, the Colorado Springs area, etc., though certainly I visited different points along the way, but toward the end of my trip, I dipped further south than I'd been before--mostly to finally visit the Great Sand Dunes National Park.  Seeing the "Cristo" mountains was a nice side benefit.  I couldn't say they're any more beautiful than many of the other mountains in Colorado, but they're certainly no less so.

This was on my way to the Great Sand Dunes from Alamosa after lunch.  This cottonwood tree caught my attention as I passed by (on US highway 160), so turned around to grab this shot--a pano combining three photos.  The mountains had received a dusting of snow the night before--most of which disappeared by evening.  The tallest peak of this group is Blanca Peak--at 14,351 feet (4374 meters) it's the fourth highest mountain in Colorado.

Taken in: United States / Colorado / Summitville (historical) (show map)

Taken on: October 15, 2021

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Camera: Nikon D810, f/8.0, 1/1250 sec, 145mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D810
Lens:	70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	145mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.2 (Windows)
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