A little sunshine at the end of a rainy day in Death Valley National Park
Jagged shadow, Death Valley National Park
Desert rock garden
A cholla cactus watches me from a safe distance, Death Valley National Park
Desert trumpet buckwheats in snow
Quiet moment at the end of a pristine dry lake
Gentle downhill, Death Valley National Park.
Wry Canyon smiles back at me, Death Valley National Park.
Precipitation system approaching
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
Rainbow
Gravity, Death Valley National Park
Those darker hills, with their simple lines and angles, Death Valley National Park
Elderly sagebrush survivors
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
Looking across the Darwin Plateau
End of day
Scratches on the earth
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
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
Receding ridges stack up
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
Future pinyon pine tree in the highlands of Death Valley National Park
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
Edge of dunes
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
Grass line-up
Rock assortment
Mining debris in snow
The Boulder
Western tanager
Joshua tree trunk and shadow
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
Paperbag bush (Scutellaria mexicana)
A little sun shines into a canyon
Rollin' down the river
Arching pinyon pine in the highlands of Death Valley National Park.
Greenery
Dry lake storm brewing
Cactus
Gift-Wrap Canyon
Fresh snow
Lake Hill and Panamint Dunes at sunrise
Desert brush takes over an old stove in the Death Valley National Park backcountry
Slight dust storm
Rock bubbles and crack
Joshua trees at sunset
Sun shower
Sundown on the rocks
Impact—that tiny spring out in the Death Valley backcountry did contain a wee bit of life-giving water.
End-of-day haze at 108 degrees F (42 C)
I see a little shade from the hot sun
Sofa rock
End-of-day light hits the upper reaches of the canyon
River of rocks
Dune slide
Rusted tin can and rock outcrop
A rock slowly slides downstream in a river of mud after a day of heavy rain, Death Valley National Park
Two creosote bushes take in the view of the dunes, Death Valley National Park
Textures
Quiet visit to one of the small dry lakes in the Death Valley Park backcountry
Crouching Joshua tree, ready for the hunt
Dunes and basalt at the end of the day
An annoyed raven circles above and squawks repeatedly as I hike through its territory in Death Valley National Park