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On The Road – Tom V – Death Valley: Mesquite Flats Sand Dunes at Dawn

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Tom V

I just got back from Death Valley, a photographer’s paradise.

Here are some iPhone shots I got.  The good light lasted about 3 minutes before the clouds rolled in, and then made a brief 30 second return 20 minutes later.  If you go, be walking into the dunes as soon as there is enough light to navigate.

-Tom-

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Mesquite Flats, Stovepipe Creek, Death ValleyMarch 9, 2021
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Mesquite Flats, Stovepipe Creek, Death ValleyMarch 9, 2021
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Mesquite Flats, Stovepipe Creek, Death ValleyMarch 9, 2021
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Mesquite Flats, Stovepipe Creek, Death ValleyMarch 9, 2021
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Mesquite Flats, Stovepipe Creek, Death ValleyMarch 9, 2021
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Mesquite Flats, Stovepipe Creek, Death ValleyMarch 9, 2021
On The Road - Tom V - Death Valley: Mesquite Flats Sand Dunes at Dawn
Mesquite Flats, Stovepipe Creek, Death ValleyMarch 9, 2021

The good light makes a partial return between a break in clouds.

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    Mary G

    The light in that third shot is mwah {chef’s kiss}. Very painterly, as are several of the others. Thanks for getting up that early there so I didn’t have to!

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    debbie

    Sand dunes are a real work of art. A photographer friend of mine traveled to Namibia and photographed the sand dunes there. Just awesome!

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    Anyway

    Whoa! They are so great and taken on a phone?! Stunning. I can’t pick a fave, like them all.

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    Jerzy Russian

    Went camping in Death Valley once, and got rained on.  As I recall, thus was in March, so sometime in late winter/early spring.

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    J R in WV

    You can certainly see why it got called Death Valley~!!~ Amazing place, wonderful photos~!!~ Thanks for sharing.

    ETA: And on a phone… more amaze!

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    Yutsano

    “Oh, yes. I forgot to tell you. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe. A desolate, dry planet with vast deserts. Hidden away within the rocks of these deserts are a people known as the Fremen, who have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah, who would lead them to true freedom. The planet is Arrakis, also known as Dune.”

    This is actually a high compliment, as you can see the dryness that evokes the deepest dunes of the Sahara. Beautiful pics!

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    JustRuss

    Very nice.  Haven’t been to DV since a college field trip, which was…some time ago.  Ready to go back.

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    way2blue

    Great photos.  The colors, the compositions, the textures, the fragility of the dunes…  Thanks for sharing!

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    Tom V

    @Unique uid: Iphone Xs.  Shots are mostly full-frame except a 2 degree roll to right because I can’t hold the phone straight.  Only post-processing was the Apple Photos “Auto Enhance” on some of them.

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    cope

    Thank you for showing us these beautiful shots.  I love the desert.  I used to live in the desert but now I don’t.  I want to go back to the desert even more now after seeing these lovely pictures.

    Thanks again.

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