GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT, COLORADO
		Photographic Archive 1987 - 1995

SITE HISTORY

Site Location: The monitoring site was located in southern Colorado within the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, approximately 40 kilometers northeast of Alamosa on State Highway 150.

Photographic Station: The camera was located approximately 3 kilometers south of the Great Sand Dunes National Monument entrance station and visitors center on Highway 150. The camera viewed Gibson Peak (~339°), 43.7 km.

Operational Period: Gibson Peak Vista 07/29/87 – 04/11/95

Data Collection: Photographs were taken at 09:00, 12:00, and 15:00 daily. Approximately 7,000 35mm-color slides of the Gibson Peak Vista were reviewed to develop the provided historical photographic archive.