Shadows and Sierra Blanca Massif

Passing clouds cast shadows on Sierra Blanca Massif. Rising 5,325 feet above the floor of the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado, it is also known Tsisnaasjiní and considered by the Navajo to be the sacred eastern boundary of their homeland.

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Cleveland Peak, Crestone Needle and Great Sand Dunes National Park

Cleveland Peak and Crestone Needle rise in the distance north of the rolling dunes of Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado.

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Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad No. 463, Chama, NM

The engineer of Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (Denver and Rio Grande Western) No. 463 blasts the whistle as the locomotive approaaches a grade crossing on the outskirts of Chama, New Mexico on an autumn afternoon.

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