Desolation Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
by George Buxbaum
Title
Desolation Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
Artist
George Buxbaum
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Photograph
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Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. The first light of morning reveals the tawny sand at Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California. I converted the original color image to create this black and white vision of the same scene. I immediately felt the desolation ( a state of complete emptiness) of being alone in the desert although I was far from alone as was evident in the footprints across the sand dunes.
Many first time visitors to Death Valley are surprised it is not covered with a sea of sand. Less than one percent of the desert is covered with dunes, yet the shadowed ripples and stark, graceful curves define "desert" in our imaginations. For dunes to exist there must be a source of sand, prevailing winds to move the sand, and a place for the sand to collect. The eroded canyons and washes provide plenty of sand, the wind seems to always blow (especially in the springtime), but there are only a few areas in the park where the sand is "trapped" by geographic features such as mountains.
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Cyril Jayant
Congratulations! your fantastic art work has been selected as featured on our Homepage of “The Monochrome Photography Group”. Thank you for adding this selected work in the discussion thread for Archive purposes under Featured thread. ( using “Embed” link by copy paste on your page ) Cheers!!! —Cyril