File:Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.jpg

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English: Satellite picture of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and the Sangre de Cristo Range, in southern Colorado.
  • They are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 16 crewmember on the International Space Station.
  • The Sangre de Cristo Mountains of south-central Colorado stretch dramatically from top left to lower right of this image, generally outlined by the dark green of forests with white snow-capped peaks on the highest elevations.
  • Dun-colored dunes, covering an area of 80 square km, are banked up on the west side of the mountains and comprise the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
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Source http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-16/html/iss016e006986.html
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