Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

“woke” is the new caravan.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

Reality always gets a vote in the end.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

The snowflake in chief appeared visibly frustrated when questioned by a reporter about egg prices.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Dear legacy media: you are not here to influence outcomes and policies you find desirable.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Trump should be leading, not lying.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

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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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