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A coral dune under the Vermilion Cliffs

Fig. 1A coral dune under the Vermilion Cliffs

Landform

Living dunes of Navajo sandstone, coral in low sun, stacked against a cliff of the same rock they came from.

Field note

The dunes are grains of Navajo sandstone, blown off the cliffs and piled in a pocket. Coral at dusk, pale at noon. Kanab is down the road. Zion is the next canyon. The dunes still move.

A private leaf

Prints from Coral Pink Dunes


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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