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Perched dunes above Lake Michigan

Fig. 1Perched dunes above Lake Michigan

Photo: Állatka · CC BY-SA 4.0

Landform

Perched dunes on glacial bluffs four hundred feet above Lake Michigan. A freshwater sea, a sand mountain, and two wilderness islands offshore.

Field note

The Lake Michigan Overlook is a sudden drop to turquoise water. South Manitou sits on the horizon. These are not beach dunes so much as a glacial pile the wind is still rearranging.

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