Imperial Sand Dunes2C Southeastern California LCCN2013630449

Carol M. Highsmith

Taken on 19 May 2012, 19:32 (according to Exif data)

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Library of Congress Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2013630449 Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/highsm/21000/21021a.tif Original url: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.21021
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Title: Imperial Sand Dunes, Southeastern California

Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

Notes: Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.; Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation in memory of Jon B. Lovelace; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:063).; Forms part of: Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Located in the southeast corner of California, the Imperial Sand Dunes are the largest mass of sand dunes in the state. Formed by windblown sands of ancient Lake Cahuilla, the dune system extends for more than 40 miles in a band averaging 5 miles wide.