Trembling Aspen and White Spruce (16715284539)

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Description: As the dunes creep ever higher, they overtake the trunks of Trembling Aspen leaving the root flare/collar buried meters/yards below the surface. While not a desert at all, Carcross Desert, as the locals are inclined to call it, is actually a large deposit of sand on a glacial lake bed. The sand is blown from the beach at Bennett Lake about 2 km away when the water level is low exposing the large sandy beach. The beach is formed from silt and sand deposited as the Watson River empties into the lake. For more information on this fascinating 260 hectare (642 acre) sand dunes area, visit The Basement Geographer's article, The Carcross Desert. QUS_2848. Date: 26 June 2014, 14:59. Source: Trembling Aspen and White Spruce. Author: Chris Hunkeler from Carlsbad, California, USA. Camera location60° 11′ 06.65″ N, 134° 41′ 27.99″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 60.185180; -134.691109.