Driving eastwards through the San Luis Valley in south central Colorado, United States, the Great Sand Dunes emerge at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Range in the northeast of the region’s upland plain. The origin story of these great dunes begins during a time of glacial melt, five to three million years ago, when the rivers of the surrounding mountains filled the basin with water and sediments ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Great sand dunes and beyond
Great Sanddunes and beyond. Credit: Meriel J. Bittner (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)