Jagged shadow, Death Valley National Park
A cholla cactus watches me from a safe distance, Death Valley National Park
Desert trumpet buckwheats in snow
Precipitation system approaching
Gentle downhill, Death Valley National Park.
Wry Canyon smiles back at me, Death Valley National Park.
The Joshua tree orator welcomed me with open arms that day, happy to greet a human for the first time in a long time, and assured that miles walked up this nameless and unassuming Death Valley canyon would be worth the effort
Erosion, Death Valley National Park, Fall 2020
Simple sunset, Death Valley National Park—nothing to do but watch it change
Sunshine warms a chilly Death Valley canyon
Gravity, Death Valley National Park
Those darker hills, with their simple lines and angles, Death Valley National Park
Quiet moment at the end of a pristine dry lake, Death Valley area
Dripping cliff
Joshua trees and yellow rabbitbrush, Death Valley National Park
Solitude at a small dry lake in the backcountry
Crossing
Pancake Rock and the hungry orange lichen monster
End of day
Cactus buddies
A glance across the Nevada border from the Last Chance Range
Eureka Dunes
After the fire, Death Valley National Park highlands
Swirling hillside
White drapery
Desert rock garden
Looking across the Darwin Plateau
End of day
Scratches on the earth
Dry waters
Winters Peak, Death Valley National Park
As if breathing, sand-drifts stick to the hillside, collapse under their own weight and slide down, over and over again
Moonscape
Penguin man
Light in the canyon dims first, and then the temperature starts dropping rapidly, as sunset approaches
Evening stroll, Death Valley National Park
Cloudy day
Desert beach
Afternoon haze
Desert mallow and granite
Outpost
Drainages and road
Just enjoying the view...
Storm clouds
Tic tac toe
Desert abronia
Rattlesnake tip
Creosote bush family
Walk of giants
Burro trails
Juxtaposition
On-stage
Webs
Warm sunshine ahead
Joshua tree and buckwheat
Fluffy in the breeze
Early sunrise, Eureka Dunes
Root system
Desert poppies, Bigelow's monkeyflowers and gravel
Slab dune
A way through
Thanksgiving 2019 snowfall melts away
March to the gateway
Curves, points and clouds
Dodder and desert primrose
Sand platform
Funeral Mountains drainages
Desert rock garden
Distant dunes
Creosote bush family
Sandstorm, Eureka Valley
Staircase
Entwined Joshua tree
Skull and desert buckwheats
Snowfall on the Saline Range
Creeping shadows
A tarantula hawk hugs a bouquet of buckwheat blossoms
Waiting for sunset
Desert mushroom on a hot day
Martian landscape, Convergence Canyon
Desert turret with view
"The Scream"
Downfall
Last season's prince's plumes blossoms discuss the day's snowfall
Sundown at a tiny dry lake in the Death Valley backcountry
Avian desert-hiker tracks
Hopsage bush and snow
Shadow and stripe
Sometimes, the colors in the desert all run together
The Boulder
Rock assortment
Mining debris in snow
Enjoying desert gold as the mud flats go dry
Desert holly bushes attempt camouflage amidst white rock scatter
Snow up above, sand down below, at Eureka Dunes
Desert rock garden, after the snow
Rollin' down the river