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What the…. raindrops on sand dunes. Although I could have wished for more sun for photos at least it wasn’t baking hot at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.
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Located just north and west of Kanab, Utah at 6000 feet (1829 meters) lies almost 4000 acres of sand dunes dotted with juniper and pinyon pines, dune grasses and wildflowers.
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Bee Plant
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These dunes are created by sand and high winds with a unique influence which funnels the wind through a notch between the Moquith and Moccasin mountains, a phenomenon known as the Venturi Effect.
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The visitor center displays sand from around the world. I never realized how many colors and grain sizes sand comes in.
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Unfortunately I didn’t get to see any of the interesting beetles on the dunes. Maybe that was because it was windy and raining so they were buried under the sand.
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If this setting looks remotely familiar it’s probably because the Coral Pink Sand Dunes starred in several movies: Arabian Nights 1942, Ali Baba and the Fourty Thieves 1943, Timbuktu 1959, MacKenna’s Gold 1969, and One Little Indian 1973.
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What a pleasant surprise when Gary settled in next me. He and wife Sue were my neighbors in 2008 on the North Rim and now he works at Cedar Breaks. He pointed out this arch..jpg "Arch in canyon Cedar Breaks NM UT")
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