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Roadside Panorama of The Great Sand Dunes

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Here we see the reason the Great Sand Dunes exist. Grains of sand carried by the wind are deposited here because they are too heavy to be carried over the 14,000 foot peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
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Great Sand Dunes
Here we see the reason the Great Sand Dunes exist. Grains of sand carried by the wind are deposited here because they are too heavy to be carried over the 14,000 foot peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.