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Wind ripples on the pale face of Bruneau Dunes
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Fig. 1Wind ripples on the pale face of Bruneau Dunes

Photo: Charles Knowles from Meridian Idaho, USA · CC BY 2.0

Landform

A 470-foot ridge of pale quartz over a small desert lake — sage at the foot, a single dune standing on the Snake River Plain.

Field note

The dune stands south of Mountain Home. This plate is Bruneau Dunes State Park, not Great Sand Dunes and not Kelso.

Bruneau is a single pale dune ridge on the Snake River Plain, sage at the foot. Mountain Home is the town. This plate is the state park, not Great Sand Dunes and not Kelso.

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