Muskegon State Park Sand Dunes, Summer 1939

Published In
Ann Arbor News, July 27, 1939
Caption
MUSKEGON DUNES ARE STILL ACTIVE: This picture taken in the moving sands area of Muskegon State Park shows typical phases of dunes action. At the right and left are amphitheaters formed by blow outs. In the top center are hollows and cuts made by the wind. At the top of the amphitheater to the right is a break in the vegetation that formerly held the dune in place and sands are flowing over the crest to engulf the forest growth beyond. The pine tree on the ridge at left center appears doomed not through burial but through undermining by wind erosion. Efforts have been made to hold the sands with beach grass, as can be seen in the foreground. Wherever the winds can get at the sands such efforts suffer defeat.