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This is Colorado at its best. There are mesas and vineyards out west, and massive snowcapped mountain ranges and wide open alpine meadows filled with wildflowers in the summer as you move up to higher ground in the central part of the state.


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A twilight image with a half moon in a clear blue sky over the Cliff Palace ruins in Mesa Verde National Park, with the pink-beige brick structures in the light and everything else in shadow

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Gaze at the stars in Colorado's incredible new dark sky park

Apr 9, 2021 • 2 min read

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