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Crests and Troughs

            Like a surfer navigating a very slow-moving break, the Creosote Bush bides its time and knows exactly when to drop into the swell, Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California.

Following a transcendent night out in the dunes star-gazing and photographing the Milky Way, the ripples revealed at sunrise were almost equally fascinating. I visited the Great Sand Dunes in the San Luis Valley a couple of weeks ago, and the smaller scale of the Mesquite Dunes is quite a different photographic experience in comparison. There are more plants scattered amongst the latter as well, probing the sand many meters down for hidden moisture.

It is snowing in Boulder as I write this, and the heat of last April in the desert is but a memory.

Taken in: United States / California / Stovepipe Wells Airport (show map)

Taken on: April 26, 2018

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California

Creosote Bush

Death Valley National Park

Grapevine Mountains

Landscape

Larrea tridentata

Mesquite Dunes

National Park

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desert

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/11.0, 1/125 sec, 105mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	105mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.0 (Macintosh)
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