Fluidr / Crests and Troughs by courtney

Like a surfer navigating a very slow-moving break, the Creosote Bush bides its time and knows exactly when to drop into the swell, Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California.

Following a transcendent night out in the dunes star-gazing and photographing the Milky Way, the ripples revealed at sunrise were almost equally fascinating. I visited the Great Sand Dunes in the San Luis Valley a couple of weeks ago, and the smaller scale of the Mesquite Dunes is quite a different photographic experience in comparison. There are more plants scattered amongst the latter as well, probing the sand many meters down for hidden moisture.

It is snowing in Boulder as I write this, and the heat of last April in the desert is but a memory.

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