Death Valley, California

During an afternoon of high winds, clouds collected along the crest of the Panamint Mountains, breaking the late afternoon sunlight into sunbeams. The foreground is the salt flat within Badwater Basin.

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Death Valley, California

Transitions between domains of dune building.

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Death Valley, California

The face of a sand dune glows in the early morning light.

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Death Valley, California

Erosion has revealed a particularly colorful section of sediments from an ancient Miocene lake.

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Pescadero, California

As waves pound the coast, four brown pelicans fly towards us and various species of gull fuss about on the beach.

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