Desert Dry Lake Dunes North trailhead parking (view E) |
Low-impact campsite at the trailhead (view SE) |
Desert Dry Lake Dunes North trailhead sign (view SE; dry year) |
Desert Dry Lake Dunes North trailhead sign (view SE; wet year) |
Departing the trailhead (view SE) |
A short way out the trail (view SE) |
Trail to the dunes (view SE) |
Old road serves as the trail (view SE) |
Old road serves as the trail (view SE) |
End of the old road (view SE) |
Hiking into the dunes (view E) |
Hiking into the dunes (view E) |
Hikers in the dunes (view E) |
Hikers in the dunes (view E) |
Hikers in a dune swale (view NW) |
Outdoor Nevada film crew in the dunes |
Outdoor Nevada film crew in the dunes |
Outdoor Nevada film crew in the dunes |
On the dunes (view NW) |
On the dunes (view NW) |
On the dunes (view NW) |
On the dunes (view E) |
On the dunes (view S) |
On the dunes (view NW) |
On the dunes (view W) |
Side of the highest dune (view S) |
Crest of the highest dune (view NW) |
Crest of the highest dune (view NW) |
Selfie atop crest of the highest dune (view NW) |
Crest of the highest dune (view NW) |
Dunefield (view NW towards trailhead) |
Dunefield (view W) |
Crest of the dunes (view NW) |
More to come ... |
Hikers high in the dunes |
Sand blowing off the crest of the dune (view S) |
Behind the dunes (view NW) |
Behind the dunes (view W) |
Behind the dunes (view W) |
Behind the dunes (view NW) |
Behind the dunes (view W) |
Behind the dunes (view NW) |
Sunset on the dunes (view SE) |
Sunset on the dunes (view SE) |
Sunset on the dunes (view S) |
Sunset on the dunes (view W) |
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Patterns in the wind-blown sand |
Patterns in the wind-blown sand |
Cloudy day at the dunes |
Cloudy day at the dunes |
Cloudy day at the dunes |
Cloudy day at the dunes |
Cloudy day at the dunes |
Cloudy day at the dunes |
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Trail at base of the dunes (view NW from top of the dunes) |
Trail at base of the dunes (view NW from starting into the dunes) |
Dune vegetation |
Dune beetle |
Transmontane Sand Verbena (Abronia turbinata) |
Transmontane Sand Verbena (Abronia turbinata) flower |
Oenothera deltoides (birdcage evening primrose) |
Astragalus sp. (milkvetch) |
Baileya pleniradiata (woolly desert marigold) |
Transmontane Sand Verbena (Abronia turbinata) |
Achnatherum hymenoides (Sand Ricegrass) |
Cryptantha sp. (forget me not), Sand Ricegrass, and others |
Malacothrix sonchoides (sowthistle desertdandelion) |
Malacothrix sonchoides (sowthistle desertdandelion) |
Psorothamnus fremontii (indigo bush) with exposed taproot |
Gilia sp. (gilia) |
Baileya pleniradiata (woolly desert marigold) and others |
Androstephium breviflorum (pink funnel lily) |
Dune spider |
Dune spider (zoom) |
Tracks in the sand |
Tracks in the sand |
Tracks in the sand |
Tracks in the sand |
Tracks in the sand |
Tracks in the sand |
Dune swale with mud deposit |
Dune swale with Desert Kangaroo Rat burrow under mud deposit |
Returning towards the trailhead (view NW) |
Returning to the trailhead (view NW) |