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Sand Mountain Dune Field (Nevada)
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 1213 0986 (2013-12-09)Copyright © 2013 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Jul 16, 2013
location
BLM Sand Mountain Recreation Area (Churchill County, Nevada, US)notes These dunes, two miles long and more than 400 ft. high, have accumulated along the southwestern flank of the Stillwater Mountains along the edge of ancient Lake Lahontan. The Pleistocene lake dried up about 9,000 years ago. Since then, prevailing winds have carried sand from the lakebed northeast and deposited it againt the Stillwater Range.keywords: earth science, geology, Pleistocece, Quaternary, erosion, deposition
camera Canon EOS 7D, 15mm, f/14, 1/1600 sec
photo category: Misc. - geology
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