{"id":1106,"date":"2019-09-02T13:15:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T19:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2019-09-02T13:15:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T19:15:29","slug":"sand-dunes-across-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/?p=1106","title":{"rendered":"Sand Dunes across the years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I went back to Colorado&#8217;s Great Sand Dunes National Park. I first visited the dunes back (I think) in 2002, when it was still a National Monument, and for a long time one of the favorite photographs of mine was the image below. It&#8217;s from a pullout on the road opposite the park entrance sign, shot on Fuji Provia and then drum scanned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1107\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesAfternoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1107\" src=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesAfternoon-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesAfternoon-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesAfternoon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesAfternoon-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesAfternoon-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesAfternoon.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Sand Dunes National Monument, 2002<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Seventeen years on the tree is still there, though it doesn&#8217;t seem to be growing in the harsh environment. This time around I framed a wider shot against a summer sunset sky.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1108\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesSunset.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1108\" src=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesSunset-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesSunset-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesSunset-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesSunset-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesSunset-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GreatSandDunesSunset.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Sand Dunes National Park, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I went back to Colorado&#8217;s Great Sand Dunes National Park. 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