Great Sand Dunes is a certified International Dark Sky Park. Photo by William M. Rochfort Jr. The clearing storm leaves carefully placed cloud banks in its wake. Purple, pink, and orange streak across ...

From Alaska to California and Arizona to Colorado, these are the Most Treasured Views across the West. Explore this travel ...

shifting sand dunes, which create a breathtaking panorama, particularly at sunrise and sunset. The ever-changing hues of gold and orange provide stunning photo opportunities, drawing photographers ...

The Engineered Beach Renourishment Project for Orange Beach, Gulf State Park ... or about 310,000 tons, of sand. Some dunes will be brought up to about 12 feet of elevation, and additional ...

Every vehicle out on the Silver Lake Sand Dunes is required to display an orange rectangular flag 10 feet up. There are a number of regulations visitors must adhere to when venturing out onto the ...

Decoding how sand grains move and accumulate on Earth can also help scientists understand dune formation on Mars.

A little bit of elbow grease, more than 3,000 dune-building plants and about 250 students from Gulf Shores City Schools are the perfect recipe for building new sand dunes one sea oat at a time.

Lisa May, the city’s lakefront coordinator, said sand dunes that were once there began to sprout from a root system that remained beneath the sand, thus restoring the natural habitat.