At the southern tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, south of New Buffalo, are dunes south running through the community of Grand Beach. Since 1987, when the original photographs were taken of this site by EGLE, development has flattened some of the dunes here and vegetation has grown where homes were not built. These two forces, especially the expansion of vegetation, are seen in nearly all our repeat photography sites along the Lake Michigan shoreline. This particular photograph in 1987 captures a portion of a parabolic dune known as Eiffel Tower Dune.
LAT: 41.782578, LON: -86.778755
Photo Credit – 1987, EGLE; 2019, Kevin McKeehan, Michigan State University.
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