POTD April 04, 2017: Modern dunes, Arches National Park

Modern dunes, Arches National Park
Photographer: Kent Brown © 2017

Modern dunes (foreground) consist of sand weathered from bedrock such as the Wingate Sandstone (skyline), which similarly formed from sand deposited in dunes 200 million years ago.

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