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Patterns and process — Death Valley, Part 2.

May 18, 2020 D. Craig Young Leave a comment

Our night in the overflow camp was not that bad, and we were up early covering the short distance to…

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Posted in: LightOpt Filed under: Death Valley, Dunes, Patterned Ground, playa, Polygonal cracks, Racetrack Playa, Zabriskie Point

Smoke and Sunset: Grass Valley, NV

May 15, 2017 D. Craig Young

I’m back in Grass Valley, NV, working with a team of archaeologists and mapping the landforms along the valley margins.…

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Posted in: LightOpt Filed under: Grass Valley, landscape photography, Nevada, playa, smoke

Black Rock Desert Recon

March 13, 2017 D. Craig Young 2 Comments

The Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada is the epitome of expansive space as its vast playa, the remnant lakebed of pluvial Lake Lahontan, rolls off the horizon in all directions.

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Posted in: LightOpt Filed under: Black Rock Desert, intimate landscape, landscape photography, playa

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