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Flower of the Desert

Flower of the Desert

A lone flower found in the middle of the Great Sand Dunes National Park.

A lone flower found in the middle of the Great Sand Dunes National Park.
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Canon EOS 50D

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 100 Shutter 1/320

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upload_date

Feb, 2014

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707

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Awards

Contest Finalist in Celebrating Nature Photo Contest Vol 6

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Beauty in simplicity

wow really?

Yes, Really! This was right on the edge of the sand field. If you turn around it's grass and pebbles and icky looking. The sand had blown past where the flower grew by about 24 inches.

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