A Lone Yucca Plant on a Sand Dune Slope Along the Loop Drive (White Sands National Park) by Mark Stevens
Via Flickr:
While walking around and exploring different parts along the Loop Drive in White Sands National Park. The view is looking to the south to a lone yucca plant. I chose to use the sand dune with its distinct white sands as a backdrop for the plant as it definitely helped to highlight it. I didn't see a reason to not include some of the blue skies and clouds above as I lined up the image. I felt that they weren’t a distraction and definitely complemented the colors of the white sands.
page 553 - I'm in the desert again. Doing my Kerouac thing, but I'm walking beside the road not driving it. There's not much in the way of life, foliage or otherwise, but I have a wide brimmed hat and most of my pack is water.
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The other person is making noises. Spluttering to life across the dark divide.
I love sharing pics of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan desert cuz it's the only kind of nature photography I know where I can look in the tags and see everyone say "hey those are my mountains! That's home!" and that's so cute and I feel the same way. Whenever I see the Catalinas, Rincons, Tucson mountains, or any distinguishing landscape or feature around them show up on my dash, it's like being surprised to see your friend at the store.