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These views are from the plains and from the hills slope near the mountain-side The sharp edge is the Medano Creek, which encloses
the Dunes. The Dunes are caught in-between the mountains and the creek, which
carries the sand to where autumn winds will blow it back onto the Dunes.
But the Sand Dunes are even more
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These are "star dunes" - the sand formations in
the Great Sand Dunes are similar to what evolves in deserts like the Sahara
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traces in the sand .... and visitors from other planets |
"sand-boarder" (?) ("stock-loses Gesindel") - this looks
like fun
And the height here is comparable
to skiing in the Alps!
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Mountains everywhere... |
Our German tourist group doing "extreme tourism" |
Copyright and Impressum: Eva Hornecker, research center artec, University
of Bremen, Germany
February 2002
