5 Seconds

5 seconds is a long time in the cold...

If you recognize the hour, you know that can't be the sun rising.

Sand Dunes National Park

I've never been to the Sand Dunes National Park before, but I had time to stop there over the weekend. Such an amazing place that I will have to return to soon - the clouds keeping me waiting for shots and the wind weren't ideal, but I still had fun.

Obligatory dunes in shadow shot:

Robin and Jim, who I met in the parking lot when I offered to send them this photo, enjoying the view:

Sand, grass, wind:

 

A detail shot wide open:

As I was leaving, the light on these trees was lovely...

On the road out, looking back, the sunset was just hitting the top of the mountain behind the sand dunes:

Roadside Attractions

Whenever I drive to Colorado, I always hope to see the wild horses in that 17 mile stretch of open range along the highway and last night I did find them, living their wild horse lives in between me and the setting sun.

Further on, the sun was doing this...

And then this...