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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve 3Photograph | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve 3 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Sunflowers2023.1.345
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 4Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 4 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Snow2023.1.346
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 5Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 5 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Mountains2023.1.347
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 6Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 6 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | mountain2023.1.348
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 7Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 7 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | cottonwood trees | Sagebrush2023.1.349
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 8Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 8 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | mud | Water2023.1.350
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 10Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 10 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Mountains | Snow | Trees2023.1.352
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 11Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 11 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Sunset | Flowers | Mountains2023.1.353
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 12Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 12 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Rabbitbrush | Snow | mountain | Trees | Foliage2023.1.354
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 13Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 13 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | mud | creek2023.1.355
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 14Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 14 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Sunset | creek | Mountains2023.1.356
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 15Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 15 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Sunflowers2023.1.357
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 16Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 16 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Mountains2023.1.358
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 17Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 17 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Rabbitbrush | cottonwood trees2023.1.359
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 18Photograph | Great Sand Dunes NP and Preserve 18 | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Mountains | creek | Vegetation | cottonwood trees2023.1.360
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PhotographGreat Sand Dunes National Park and PreservePhotograph | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve | John Fielder | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.) | Vegetation | Water | Snow | Mountains2023.1.7077
A picture of Sunflowers in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. They are growing up in almost a perfect row. In the background, grass grows and flourishes in between the sand dunes.
A picture of part of the Great Sand Dunes covered by some snow in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. The snow here is following the ripples in the sand as the wind blows it and helps smelt the snow.
A picture of one of the sand dunes and the mountains in the background in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. The sand dune ridge snakes its way to where it acts like a path to the mountains. Grass grows on one side of the sand dunes and the other side is in the shade.
A picture of several red, green and tan tumbleweeds growing in the the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. A mountain is in the background.
A picture of cottonwood trees, sagebrush, and grasses growing near the the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado.
A picture of the Medano Creek running through the sand at the the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. The sky is close to dusk. There is mud around the creek that fades into the sand of the sand dunes.
A view of the Great Sand Dunes and the mountains behind them from within the the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. The mountains are covered in snow unlike the sand dunes. A couple trees and shrubs mark the border between the dunes and the preserve.
The sunset sets upon the mountains near the the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. The flowers and grasses grow around it and on the mountains. The sunset paints them in a pinkish-purplish hue.
The picture of rabbitbrush surrounded by snow at the Great Sand Dunes in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. The snow is very similar to the sand that one would almost think the sagebrush is being buried by the sand dunes themselves. The mountain is covered in snow and the trees have orange leaves.
The picture shows Medano Creek flowing through the Great Sand Dunes at the foot of two dunes in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. The mud creating a line of separation between the dune in the background and the feet of the dune in the foreground. The latter is semi-covered in grass.
A view of the Medano Creek flowing through the Great Sand Dunes at sunset in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. The mountains and dunes are silhouetted black while the sky is in yellows and oranges. The creek is barely visible.
A picture of Sunflowers growing up right by tumbleweed bushes in the Great Sand Dunes, in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. In the background, grass grows and flourishes in between the sand dunes. The tumbleweed bushes appear to be large enough to start rolling around.
A view of the Great Sand Dunes with the mountains in the background in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. The sand dunes look like replicas of the mountains behind them.
A picture of cottonwood trees, rabbitbrush, and grasses growing near the Sand Dunes. This photograph was taken in in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado.
A picture of Medano Creek in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, Colorado. It flows in between two trees with orange leaves that form a "gate" where the water is flowing through. The creek is in the Great Sand Dunes preserve and the mountains are in the background. The shot is widened to include the dense vegetation lining the banks of the creek. The Medano Creek reflects the cottonwood trees growing along the banks.
This is a photograph of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Saguache and Alamosa County, Colorado. Vegetation fills the flat land in the foreground. Shallow water sits beneath the towering sand dunes in the background. Snowy mountains sit under a cloudy sky in the background. This photograph can be found on page 167 of John Fielder's Book, Colorado 1870-2000 Second Edition.

The black & white photograph, taken by William Henry Jackson, is found on page 166 of John Fielder's book, Colorado 1870-2000 Second Edition.
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