A tall man followed, smiling. It was Cynthia Dinwiddie and David Stillman, two remaining members of the NASA project I guided when they first journeyed to the Arctic to study the Kobuk Sand Dunes.

See the stars Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve is otherworldly enough by day. By night, it’s as if we’ve indeed traveled to another planet, entered into the stars that now seem so close.

Kobuk Valley is logistically and monetarily challenging for the average visitor to access, but landing on the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes is undoubtedly a bucket-list experience. 53.

The team will conduct research at the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes twice in 2025, both in the month of March and again in late summer, to observe how the changing seasons affect the activity levels of ...

Most people show up to camp in the 25-square-mile Great Kobuk Sand Dunes, or paddle and fish for salmon and whitefish along the 61 miles of the Kobuk River within the park’s borders.

The tallest sand dunes in North AmericaBy Graham McKenzie Three and half hours driving south of Denver you will find the town of Alamosa. It’s a very nice small linear settlement nestling in the ...

Some years, prairie sunflowers (Helianthus petiolaris) deliver a soul-stirring, sweeping display at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. The lively annuals grow on the valley floor ...