{"id":462,"date":"2014-09-08T10:27:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T20:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afeinbergphotography.com\/blog\/?p=462"},"modified":"2015-03-26T19:17:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T05:17:22","slug":"great-sand-dunes-national-park-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afeinbergphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/great-sand-dunes-national-park-fireworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Sand Dunes National Park….fireworks?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nSo about mid August I had the opportunity to visit the incredible place known as Great Sand Dunes National Park.\u00a0 This crazy place is located south of Denver and just a bit west in the San Luis Valley.\u00a0 Nestled up against 14k foot mountains, these sand dunes cover 30 sq miles and rise, at the tallest, about 700ft.\u00a0 Meeting a friend from college the day before we headed out to our date with the dunes.\u00a0 Arriving later in the afternoon (maybe a bit later than planned), there was only one thing to do…climb the dune, aptly named “High Dune” of course.\u00a0 Climbing at altitude is one thing, the dunes start at 8500ft, but climbing up a hill of sand AT altitude….exhausting!\u00a0 That combined with the fact we were a bit late and hustling to make it up for the good light (ok I was trying to make it up for the good light…he was just along for the ride) made for some huffing and puffing.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arriving at the top there were a few people already collected to watch the sunset and the monsoon storms that had started to pop a bit.\u00a0 Then, as sunset wore on, blam!….lighting across the valley.\u00a0\u00a0 Luckily…right before this trip I had purchased a Lightning Trigger on the oft chance I would have the opportunity to photograph some lightning.\u00a0 Quite pleased with that decision \ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0 Setting up the camera and composing the trigger did its job, firing the camera when it sensed lightning.\u00a0 How?\u00a0 I can only say SCIENCE!\u00a0 As the sunset wore on the lightning continued across the valley, approximately 50 miles away.\u00a0 Then another storm to the south of that as well.\u00a0 What a scene to watch!\u00a0\u00a0 As the color started to fade and the storms seemed to start to move around a bit we made the DARK hike back down the dunes, which made for an adventurous hike.\u00a0 A few light rain drops hit us as we made the bottom and got back to camp.\u00a0 Checking my camera I found this set of bolts that came down all at once and knew I had something special.
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\nAnd that was just the first night \ud83d\ude42
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\nMuch thanks!
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