Deer On The Plains Great Colorado Sand Dunes

 

A heard of deer grazing on the springtime plains of the Colorado Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.

Wildlife of the park and preserve includes pikas, bighorn sheep, black bears, mountain lions, beavers, badgers, bison, pronghorn, birds such as ptarmigan, peregrine falcons, owls, eagles, and herons, and reptiles such as lizards and snakes. Fish encountered in the park’s streams include the Rio Grande cutthroat trout and suckers. Insects such as beetles are common as well.

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 (7,700 ha). 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 and its tributaries, flowing through the San Luis Valley. Over the ages, glaciers feeding the river and the vast lake that existed upon the valley melted, and the waters evaporated. Westerly winds picked up sand particles from the lake and river flood plain. As the wind lost power before crossing the Sangre de Cristo Range, the sand was deposited on the east edge of the valley. This process continues, and the dunes are slowly growing. The wind changes the shape of the dunes daily.  Source: wiki

 

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Winter Season On The Range Snow And Blue Sky Art Print

Beautiful winter day with fresh fallen snow on the country rural plains of the foothills to the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Scenic view of a fresh dusted with snow tree and blue sky above.

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Boulder Colorado Winter Season Scenic View Art Print

What a difference a day makes. Scenic winter season view this morning from the Boulder Reservoir in northeast Boulder County of the Front Range with freshly dusted snow covering the Flatirons.

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We Have Front Row Seats for the Thunderstorm

 

 

It is almost like these trees have a front row seat watching this storm as lightning strikes and dances in front of them during this beautiful Colorado thunderstorm on the country plains. A very active night that got me out of bed and out the door to this location.  It is so nice when a plan comes together, as from my bedroom window I could see it hitting up in this area.

 

So off I went and when I got here, the set up was two cameras,  one shooting in this direction Northeast and the other 100 feet apart shooting Southwest towards a barn and silo.  Really got my exercise on this as I would have to run back and forth between the two cameras hitting the shutters.  When one was done the other would go.  Had 30 seconds exposures to do this.  Finally the lightning in the Northeast stopped and I got both cameras together to the barn, one shooting wide angle and the other closer in.  This is in Southwest Weld County, Colorado.

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Lonely Tree On The Boulder County Plains

Colorful sunrise sky, colors of blues and oranges with a single lonely tree on the plains of north east Boulder County Colorado.

 

 

Rocky Mountain Lookout Sunset Panorama

Scenic panorama view of the front range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains from Lookout Road in Boulder County with a golden sunset sky and striped farm fields in the foreground. There is nothing like that magic hour in Colorado, it is always a pleasure to watch natures work at sunrises and sunsets.  This one of my favorite places and views.  Hope you like.

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Twin Peaks Panorama View from the Agriculture Plains

Panorama scenic landscape view of the Twin Peaks, Mt Meeker 13,911 ft and Longs Peak 14,256 ft on the front range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, Boulder County.   As the sun is setting this is the view looking northwest from the agriculture farming plains.  In the foreground you see the stripes of the every other farm fields.   Love this view, hope you do too!

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Colorado Front Range Rocky Mountain Agriculture Panorama BW

This is a scenic landscape view from the agriculture plains of the front range up to the Colorado Rocky Mountains above Boulder Colorado and continental divide, pretty much sums up and a birds eye view of Boulder County. Agriculture Farmlands up to mountain peaks.   Gallery Image:  Colorado Front Range Rocky Mountain Agriculture Panorama BW

Shining Down

Portrait scenic view of beams of sunlight shining down through the clouds onto the agriculture farming plains with a view of the Colorado Rocky Mountains Continental Divide towering above.  Boulder County, Colorado.

Golden Beams Of Sunlight Shining Down

Scenic landscape view of golden beams of sunlight shining down through the clouds onto the agriculture farming plains with a view of the Colorado Rocky Mountains above.  Boulder County, Colorado.