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As a child who grew up in the lush Sahyadri Mountains of India, I believed that deserts looked like the sand dunes that I saw on tv. So, it was a bit jarring to learn that sand dunes exist in relatively green states like Colorado and Michigan. While I haven't yet visited Michigan's famous sand dunes, I took the chance to visit the great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve of Colorado. Unfortunately, it had to be a quick visit as we were rapidly falling behind schedule.

Still, we got to visit an absolute stunning piece of landscape with perfect golden light from the setting sun. While I have been to the mesquite dunes of the Death Valley National Park before, GSDNP was something else. The Size of the dunes was truly staggering, wind an ever-present element at most dunes was also making its presence felt. I was trying to create images that captured these three elements that was on display that day, the play of golden light on the folds of the dunes, the effect of the wind on the dunes, and the size of the mighty dunes making the few climbers by the horizon looks like ants. It was difficult to get all these into a frame and I am not sure if I did a convincing enough job creating picture but this view was one of my favorites from our visit to this wonderful part of the world.

Taken in: United States / Colorado / Liberty (show map)

Taken on: October 14, 2016

Tags:

Colorado

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Desert

Wind

Golden Hour

Colors

Sky

Dune scaling

Dune Climb

Hike

Salida

South-Eastern Colorado « less

Sets appears in: • Desert • Great Sand Dunes National Park more » • Colorful Colorado « less

Groups appears in: • Magic of Photography

Camera: Nikon D800, f/5.6, 1/50 sec, 70mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	70mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.10
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