Winter in Death Valley has to be one of the best times to visit. Scouting for comps became an obsession during a way too short 2-day trip a few years ago, but nonetheless it was rewarding to find places new to me.

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These polygonal formations were still setting up in the desert salt playas in Death Valley during winter. This is as far as I dared to push forward, as I was sure I would begin to leave traces of my steps in the soft desert floor had I ventured deeper into the scene. Looking west toward the Panamint Mountains.

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Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, an hour or so north of Las Vegas.

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Death Valley National Park

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The end of Day 1 of my workshop...actually just me and a buddy literally chilling along Highway 395 in the eastern Sierra.

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