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VALLE GRANDE WINTER SCENIC { 22 images } Created 29 Dec 2019

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  • Cross country skiers with dogs descend a gentle slope in the Valle Grande, with the fresh trail of a coyote leading along a snow cornice, winter, Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • Cross country skiers with dogs descend a gentle slope in the Valle Grande, with the fresh trail of a coyote leading along a snow cornice, winter, Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • Fresh snow in the Valle Grande, largest caldera in Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, NM, © David A. Ponton (This is a large file suitable for wall panorama)
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  • Coyote trail leads along a snow cornice into the Valle Grande, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • A little valley on a hill in the Valle Grande has been half-filled with drifting snow, with small animal tracks, Valles Caldera National Preserve, © David A. Ponton
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  • A warm springs pond is a welcome stopover for migrating ducks in the snowy winter landscape of the Valle Grande in November, Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • Pool at warm spring in the Valle Grande does not freeze in winter, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • New snow in the Valle Grande, with South Mountain, Redondo Peak, snow drift, and trail made by coyotes,  Valles Caldera National Preserve. (Photo taken the winter prior to the Thompson Fire) © David A. Ponton
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  • Trail in new snow made by coyotes in the Valle Grande, with South Mountain and Redondo Peak, Valles Caldera National Preserve (Photo taken the winter prior to the Thompson Fire) © David A. Ponton
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  • New snow in the Valle Grande, with small snow drifts formed downwind of each clump of grass, Valles Caldera National Preserve, © David A. Ponton
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  • New snow in the Valle Grande, with small snow drifts formed downwind of each clump of grass, Valles Caldera National Preserve, © David A. Ponton
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  • New snow in the Valle Grande, with small snow drifts formed downwind of each clump of grass, leading to the mountains that form the east rim of the caldera, Valles Caldera National Preserve, © David A. Ponton
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  • New snow in the Valle Grande, with small snow drifts formed downwind of each clump of grass, leading to the mountains that form the east rim of the caldera, Valles Caldera National Preserve, © David A. Ponton
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  • Grass stems have influenced snow accumulation and retention, forming smal cone-shaped drifts, Valle Grande, Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • Shadows emphasize snow contours and trail left by elk herd passing in single file, Valle Grande, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • Shadows of tree and snow fencing lead into the snow-filled Valle Grande, with pre-fire forest on South Mountain, Redondo Peak, and Redondito Peak. (photo taken Dec. 2004) © David A. Ponton
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  • Grove of young aspens highlighted by frost, with snowy conifer forest and field of pure snow, Valle Grande, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Fresh snow on the southwest side of the Valle Grande, with a cattle fence (NOT a boundary) and a snow-covered Douglas fir forest, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • Fresh snow on the southwest side of the Valle Grande, with a cattle fence (NOT a boundary) and a snow-covered Douglas fir forest, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • Sunrise light on South Mountain, Redondo Peak, and Redondito Peak, with fog and light snow in the Valle Grande, Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Sunrise light on South Mountain and Redondo Peak, with fog and light snow in the Valle Grande, Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Sunrise light on South Mountain, Redondo Peak, and Redondito Peak, with fog and light snow in the Valle Grande, Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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