Mesquite Dunes - Death Valley National Park

Posted by 1943mike on Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:45 pm

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Captured on Wednesday, March 11, 2020; OM-D E-M1 Mk III, 12-100 f/4 @ 12mm (18 exposures for the panorama), 1/800 sec., f/4.5, ISO: 160 (Native ISO on the M1 cameras is 200 however I had it set to auto ISO with a lower limit of ISO 100).

This was from last Wednesday morning and it was gently, lightly raining every few minutes as I walked out into the dunes. (I'm very grateful that the OM1 cameras are so well weather sealed).

I was descending from the largest of the dunes in that section of the park. Note the trapezoidal shape of the one a little to the right of center .. that's the largest. You can see a guy coming back from the same dune on a ridge line to the right.

Here's a larger image:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49671196001_a2fa7c1965_k.jpg

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Mar 18, 2020 4:13 pm

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That a lot of sand, Mike! Great in the larger link and I like your perspective - although I wish all the footprints weren't there, but that's just my personal preference. Some might think it adds something to the view to have them visible.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:37 pm

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Interesting symmetry to this, and wow! That's a lot of sand! Looks forbidding.

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