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

by WaterGirl|  April 2, 20215:00 am| 23 Comments

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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-

On The Road - Tom V - Death Valley:  Mesquite Flats Sand Dunes at Dawn 6
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 1
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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23Comments

  1. 1.

    There go two miscreants

    April 2, 2021 at 5:49 am

    Very cool pix! The second one looks almost like it’s tiled.

  2. 2.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    April 2, 2021 at 5:51 am

    I went to Death Valley a few times as a wee tike, but haven’t been back since.  Madame wants to go.  I’ve got pics of me sitting on those sand dunes.

  3. 3.

    KSinMA

    April 2, 2021 at 6:18 am

    Beautiful!

  4. 4.

    Mary G

    April 2, 2021 at 6:31 am

    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!

  5. 5.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 2, 2021 at 6:35 am

    Wow—nice shots!

  6. 6.

    raven

    April 2, 2021 at 6:58 am

    Sweet

  7. 7.

    debbie

    April 2, 2021 at 7:09 am

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

  8. 8.

    HinTN

    April 2, 2021 at 7:14 am

    @Mary G: Yes, methinks Ms O’Keeffe would have been very proud to call that hers

    ETA – Thanks, Tom V!

  9. 9.

    JeanneT

    April 2, 2021 at 7:23 am

    Stunning.

  10. 10.

    p.a.

    April 2, 2021 at 7:31 am

    ??????????????

  11. 11.

    Anyway

    April 2, 2021 at 8:28 am

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

  12. 12.

    JanieM

    April 2, 2021 at 8:46 am

    Wow. Just amazing.

  13. 13.

    Mike in Oly

    April 2, 2021 at 8:54 am

    Beautiful shots! I just love the color palette.

  14. 14.

    Jerzy Russian

    April 2, 2021 at 9:11 am

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

  15. 15.

    TomatoQueen

    April 2, 2021 at 9:36 am

    Ms O’Keefe is giving her quarter-smile and nod. Well done indeed.

  16. 16.

    Albatrossity

    April 2, 2021 at 9:41 am

    Wonderful images!
    DV is a special place, for sure.

  17. 17.

    J R in WV

    April 2, 2021 at 11:59 am

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

    ETA: And on a phone… more amaze!

  18. 18.

    Unique uid

    April 2, 2021 at 12:30 pm

    Nice!
    Which iPhone?

  19. 19.

    Yutsano

    April 2, 2021 at 12:37 pm

    “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!

  20. 20.

    JustRuss

    April 2, 2021 at 12:55 pm

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

  21. 21.

    way2blue

    April 2, 2021 at 1:27 pm

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

  22. 22.

    Tom V

    April 2, 2021 at 2:28 pm

    @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.

  23. 23.

    cope

    April 2, 2021 at 4:37 pm

    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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