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UTAH DUNES GUIDE · PHOTO CREDITS

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credited.

Every photograph on these pages shows the place it illustrates, and every one is credited here with its source and license.

Destination illustrations

The four destination overview heroes are original AI-generated illustrations in the Dune Guide Field Manual style, commissioned by Dune Guide USA. Their captions identify them as illustrations; documentary photographs are credited separately below.

The 31 photographs

Each photograph was checked against its source page for subject, photographer and license before it was placed. Creative Commons attribution and share-alike terms stay attached to each work, and resized copies are marked as changed.

PhotographWhere it appearsPhotographer and sourceLicense
Red sand under a storm at Sand HollowSand HollowDylan Duvergé, Wikimedia Commons, 2008CC BY 2.0, resized
Riding trails in the Sand Mountain Open OHV AreaRiding Sand Mountain at Sand HollowJeremy T. Dyer, BLM Utah, 2024Public domain
A dispersed campsite on BLM landCamping at Sand HollowJeremy T. Dyer, BLM Utah, 2024Public domain
Sun over the Sand Mountain Open OHV AreaSand Hollow SafetyJeremy T. Dyer, BLM Utah, 2024Public domain
Rocky paths at Sand MountainSand Hollow SafetyJeremy T. Dyer, BLM Utah, 2024Public domain
Hurricane from aboveTowns Near Sand HollowJohn Bonzo, Wikimedia Commons, 2009CC BY 3.0, resized
Historic downtown St. GeorgeTowns Near Sand HollowUtahStizzle, Wikimedia Commons, 2009Public domain
Sand and water at Sand HollowSand Hollow Historyphotophat, Wikimedia Commons, 2013CC BY 3.0, resized
Trails across the Sand Mountain Open OHV AreaSand Hollow HistoryJeremy T. Dyer, BLM Utah, 2024Public domain
Coral Pink Sand Dunes from the air, with Zion beyondCoral Pink Sand DunesKen Lund, Wikimedia Commons, 2013CC BY-SA 2.0, resized
Tiger beetle habitat on the dunesRiding Coral Pink Sand DunesMark Capone, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2012Public domain
Coral Pink Sand Dunes from the airCoral Pink Sand Dunes MapPhil Konstantin, Wikimedia Commons, 2009Public domain
Snow on the dunes at sunriseCoral Pink Sand Dunes WeatherJohn Fowler, Wikimedia Commons, 2012CC BY 2.0, resized
Center Street and US 89 in KanabTowns Near Coral Pink Sand DunesAdam Kliczek (memoriesstay.com), Wikimedia Commons, 2012CC BY-SA 3.0 PL, resized
Mesas seen from the state parkCoral Pink Sand Dunes HistoryNandaro, Wikimedia Commons, 2013CC BY-SA 3.0, resized
Western film sets at the Little Hollywood museumCoral Pink Sand Dunes HistoryMramoeba, Wikimedia Commons, 2019CC BY-SA 4.0, resized
A bleached snag at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State ParkCoral Pink Sand Dunes HistoryCarol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress, between 1980 and 2006Public domain
A Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetleCoral Pink Sand Dunes HistoryMark Capone, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2011Public domain
Navajo Sandstone at the Moccasin Mountain tracksiteCoral Pink Sand Dunes HistoryThe Cosmonaut, Wikimedia Commons, 2012CC BY-SA 2.5 CA, resized
Old US 40 near KnollsKnolls MapGarrett (CountyLemonade), Wikimedia Commons, 2011CC BY 2.0, resized
A racing motorcycle on the Bonneville Salt FlatsTowns Near KnollsHannah Cowan, BLM Utah, 2016Public domain
The Bonneville Salt FlatsKnolls HistoryBLM Utah, Wikimedia Commons, 2012Public domain
A valley on the Hastings Cutoff routeKnolls HistoryCindy Gallo, BLM Utah, 2023Public domain
A freight train beside the Wendover Cut-off at KnollsKnolls HistoryHistoric American Engineering Record, Library of Congress, after 1968Public domain
Floodwater on the Wendover route, 1922Knolls HistoryPhotographer unknown, University of Michigan, 1922Public domain
Speed Week on the Bonneville Salt Flats, 2016Knolls HistoryBLM Utah, Wikimedia Commons, 2016Public domain
The Enola Gay hangar at WendoverKnolls HistoryThatotherperson, Wikimedia Commons, 2014CC BY-SA 3.0, resized
Trees in the White Wash dunesWhite Wash Sand DunesAnn Corson, BLM Utah, 2007Public domain
Green River from the airTowns Near White WashBobak Ha'Eri, Wikimedia Commons, 2010CC BY 3.0, resized
Main Street, MoabTowns Near White WashQuintin Soloviev, Wikimedia Commons, 2025CC BY 4.0, resized
John Wesley Powell River History MuseumWhite Wash HistoryBLM Utah, Wikimedia Commons, 2021Public domain

How photographs are chosen

Only licenses that allow commercial use are accepted: public domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA. A photograph has to show the place it sits beside. Where no rights-cleared photograph of a place exists, the page goes without one rather than borrowing a picture of somewhere else.

Photographs in the Little Sahara section are credited on that section's own credits page.

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