Badwater Basin Sand Storm
by George Buxbaum
Title
Badwater Basin Sand Storm
Artist
George Buxbaum
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Badwater Basin Sand Storm was contrived just north of Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, California. Notice the approaching sand storm in the upper right quadrant of the image.
Now pay attention to the geometric formations in the foreground. When mud or salt sheets contain water and then dry out, they contract, so as to occupy less space. The basic form of contraction is that the ground contracts to a point in 6 directions, under ideal circumstances forming hexagons. However life is not perfect, and hexagons are rare. The general term for the shapes produced by this drying out-related contraction is "polygon". At Badwater, significant rainstorms flood the valley bottom periodically, covering the salt pan with a thin sheet of standing water. Each newly-formed lake does not last long though, because the 1.9 in of average rainfall is overwhelmed by a 150 in annual evaporation rate.
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December 19th, 2016
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