Rain on the Great Sand Dunes
by Catherine Sherman
Title
Rain on the Great Sand Dunes
Artist
Catherine Sherman
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Rain on the Great Sand Dunes National Park" by Catherine Sherman.
A storm drops rain on the Great Sand Dunes of the Sangre de Cristo mountains in southern Colorado. The seasonal Medano Creek (meaning sand dune in Spanish) flows at the foot of the dunes in spring and early summer. I visited the dunes once in the late summer, and there was no sign of the creek.
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is in the San Luis Valley. Originally created as Great Sand Dunes National Monument in 1932, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve was established by an act of the United States Congress in 2004. The park includes 44,246 acres, and the preserve protects an additional 41,686 acres.
The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America, rising about 750 feet (230 m) from the floor of the San Luis Valley on the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Range, covering about 19,000 acres. Researchers say that the dunes started forming less than 440,000 years ago.
The dunes were formed from sand and soil deposits of the Rio Grande River and its tributaries that collect against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the east.
Featured in "Old MASTERS - PHOTOGRAPHERS and DIGITAL ARTS " group (06/28/2015); "Beauty" group (06/30/2015); "3 a Day AAA Images" group (07/05/2015); "Images That Excite You" group (07/25/2015); "WeatherUnderground Fans" group (08/01/2015); "First Friday Gallery Group" (08/01/2015); "1 a Day Waiting Room Art" group (08/04/2015) ; "500 Shares" group (08/07/2015); Featured in "USA National Parks and More" group (02/25/2016); "1000 Views on 1 Image" group (05/24/2016); "1 Weekly -ALL STARS" group (05/29/2016); "10 Plus" group (06/06/2016); "Women Photographers - One a Day" group (03/14/2018); "ABC Group - S for Sand" (09/11/2019); "USA Photographers Only" group (04/13/2024)
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June 27th, 2015
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group S is for Sand themed week- September 2- September 9 ! You are invited to add this wonderful art to the Features Archive Discussion.
Toni Hopper
Congratulations on your incredible image being featured in "Women Photographers" one a day group! You may archive your work in the Features Archive thread for March.
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Roger Passman
Congratulations! Your wonderful image is featured by USA National Parks and More. — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer available on the home page. Here is a shortened link to use for placing your image into our archive: http://bit.ly/21cvPoP -- WOW! This is wonderful. I visited here many times but never saw it like this. The light and shadows on the dunes with the gray rain falling...Priceless!
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Geoff Crego
Catherine, love the soft lighting and shadows; wonderful atmosphere; stunning artwork. l/v
Donna Kennedy
Outstanding image Catherine, love the light and shadow on the sand dunes, and the Virga coming down!...fav/tweet/love
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