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thomascanty
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 03:17
I decided to head out to the tallest dune near Stovepipe Wells.

That's it in the distance, about a mile away, as seen from the highway:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/dunes01.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L @ 30mm, 1/200s, f/10, ISO 100

The view east:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/dunes02.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L @ 34mm, 1/200s, f/10, ISO 100

A couple other people were headed to the same dune, from a bit farther east:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/dunes03.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L @ 40mm, 1/320s, f/10, ISO 100

About halfway there (and slow going, because it was difficult to walk here):
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/dunes04.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L @ 40mm, 1/320s, f/11, ISO 100

My shadow:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/dunes05.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L @ 17mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO 100

Getting closer. Looks like they will beat me to the top:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/dunes06.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L @ 29mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO 100

The ridge to the top. It was like walking on a knife blade here:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/dunes07.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L @ 29mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO 100

On the way back I found this snake trail in the sand. I didn't see the snake, but it couldn't have been far away. The wind was blowing pretty hard here, covering up footprints and tracks pretty quickly, so this had to be fresh:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/dunes08.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L @ 23mm, 1/200s, f/10, ISO 100
4nR
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 05:25
wow. the second pic is my favorite. love that sand texture in the foreground.
RockOne
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 05:29
Stovepipe Wells. What a great placename !:-)

Very nice pictures, especially like the picture of the ridgetop.
stoneylonesome
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 06:38
WOW! those are fantastic shots Lonnie. Maybe just as well you didn't meet the snake. :lol: :lol:
freddycr
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 07:11
Awsome pics....that L glass really makes a difference
ssim
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 07:37
These are great. Trying to get the exposure right with so much sand in the image is always a challenge that you seem to have mastered quite handily. The second and second last one do it for me.
Mills
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 08:04
Very Nice! It looks dry and warm. Please send some of that weather to Chicago! I really like # 4, with mountains of sand and mountains of rock.
cmM
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 08:07
I agree, the second shot is amazing.
Beautiful landscapes there
HJMinard
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 09:08
Very nice ... the second shot is fantastic and I also like the second to last (love the way the trail leads my eye out to the people).
Doom1701e
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 09:20
Nice shots. Wish we had something around here like that to shoot.
Reigh Higgins
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 09:26
Great, thanks for sharing.
thomascanty
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 10:13
As usual, thanks for the comments!

. What a great placename !:-)

There are a lot of great place names throughout Death Valley. Another one is Furnace Creek, a little south of Stovepipe Wells.

On July 10, 1913, the temperature at Furnace Creek reached 134 -- in the shade. At the time, that was the highest recorded temperature on earth. It was beat by two degrees on September 13, 1922 in Libya. I read somewhere once that the temperature at Stovepipe Wells is usually four or five degrees higher than at Furnace Creek, which means in 1913 it could have been 139 there. That means the world record still probably belongs to Death Valley, except nobody was at Stovepipe Wells to record it, so we'll never really know.

By the way, the highest recorded ground temperature was at Furnace Creek on July 15, 1972. The sand there was 201 degrees. You don't want to walk barefoot out there in the summer!
sparker1
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 20:30
Lonnie, those are some outstanding shots of the dunes (which I find are tough to get right). I'd love to be in DV this year, with all the rain resulting in wildflowers. Please post some shots from Artist's Point, if you have them.
thomascanty
22nd of March 2005 (Tue), 03:21
Please post some shots from Artist's Point, if you have them.

Sorry, I didn't get up to Artist's Point. The rain washed out the road, so it was closed. People are allowed there on foot though, but I opted to skip it this time.
RockOne
22nd of March 2005 (Tue), 03:39
Thanks for the info on Death Valley. Sure sounds like a HOT place !
marie
22nd of March 2005 (Tue), 03:42
they are wonderful shots Lonnie

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MarkoPolo
22nd of March 2005 (Tue), 06:14
Well done.
Michaelmjc
22nd of March 2005 (Tue), 14:05
The detail in the second and second from last are amazing. The color is just plain awesome too!