The Wind Was Blowing Strong That Day (Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve)

            The Wind Was Blowing Strong That Day
It swept across the sands,
Stinging any open skin on hikers alike
No definitive lines across the dunes
As I walked on a hazy outline made from others
All inhaled the sands in the air,
Perhaps with even a cough in these pandemic times
Oh, those views up high
Mountains as far as I could see
So this is High Dune; what a wonder it truly is!

Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one morning in Great Sand Dunes National Park while on a hike down from High Dune. This was a view looking to the northeast while standing on a high point sand dune ridge where I had a vista-like view to the Sangre de Cristo Range off in the distance. I like how the sand dune ridges added a layered look to the image. I also liked how the more earth tones of the sand dunes were that complement and color contrast to the blues and greens present in the mountains and skies above.
   

Taken in: United States / Colorado / Liberty (show map)

Taken on: June 30, 2020

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Blue Skies

Blue Skies with Clouds

Day 2

Desert Landscape

Dunes

DxO PhotoLab 3 Edited

Eastern Edge of the San Luis Valley

Footprints in Sand

Great Sand Dunes Area

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

High Dune Trail

Hike to High Dune

Landscape

Landscape - Scenery

Looking Northeast

Mount Herard

Mount Zwischen

Mountain Peak

Mountains

Mountains in Distance

Mountains off in Distance

Nature

Nikon D850

No People

Northern Sangre de Cristo Range

Outside

Partly Cloudy

Poems Used

Poetry and Prose

Portfolio

Project365

Rocky Mountains

Sand

Sand Dunes

Sangre de Cristo Range

Scenics - Nature

SnapBridge

Southern Rocky Mountains

Sunny

Tallest Sand Dunes in North America

Travel

Azimuth 26

Free Verse Poetry

Colorado

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/5.6, 1/1250 sec, 35mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	NIKON D850 Ver.1.11
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