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a shadowy silhouette of sand dunes is dimly lit up by a dark starry night with a band of colorful light of the Milky Way Galaxy in the center of the image

Summer nights with a new moon are great times to visit and see the brightest part of the Milky Way Galaxy observable from Earth

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Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Code: GRSA

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado
Latitude: 37.7479400634766, Longitude: -105.612998962402

NPS.gov Collection

06/28/2024

06/28/2024

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