#PhotoOfTheDay of my Land Cruiser at teakettle Junction in Death Valley wraps up what has turned out to be "vehicle week."

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#PhotoOfTheDay A little girl burns off some excess energy, sprinting around the wide open Racetrack playa in Death Valley National Park.

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#PhotoOfTheDay is of my Land Cruiser on the dirt Racetrack Road in Death Valley.

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#PhotoOfTheDay is of the spectacular geology on display at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park

The large park features a wide variety of stunning geology almost everywhere you look.

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#PhotoOfTheDay is a simple family selfie taken at Badwater Basin while spending several days camping, offroading and exploring in Death Valley, California back in 2012 I think. This is the lowest elevation in North America.

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#PhotoOfTheDay Moon over one of our campsites, Death Valley National Park.

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#PhotoOfTheDay is of "that hill" as seen from Zubriskie Point in Death Valley National Park. This was taken back in 2011 I think, but I was reminded of it by yesterday's fantastic photo of the same hill by @elaterite.

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Sunrise Dunes, Desert Mountains. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Sunrise light highlights sand dunes against a backdrop of desert mountains.

Some of my recent Death Valley dunes photographs have featured a wild wind and sand storm — a very dramatic scene that was not easy to photograph. Here I switch to the opposite mood in the dunes, the quiet moment when the first sunrise light arrives. The light changes with incredible speed at this time of day, going from the soft blue tones of pre-sunrise to bright and harsh daytime colors in moments. I made this photograph during the first direct light, when distant mountains were still in shadows.

Continues at https://gdanmitchell.com/2023/04/21/sunrise-dunes-desert-mountains

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Desert Canyon, Morning Light. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Soft morning light on eroded landscape in a desert canyon.

There are places and subjects that I can return to many times and still find new ways to see them. This photograph comes from one of those places, one that I remember thinking I was “done with” a long time ago,. But every time I return I discover something that I missed before. For years I have photographed from the little valley that is the subject here… but only recently realized that it could serve as the subject as well as a camera position. Continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2023/04/19/desert-canyon-morning-light

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Dunes at Dusk. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Soft dusk light on low sand dunes, Death Valley National Park.

This subject is going to appear in several photographs from our late-March visit to Death Valley National Park. Some of them will focus on the astonishing power of a dust storm that swept through near the end of the trip. However, this one comes from a different evening, a quiet one with gentle winds and soft light. ...continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2023/04/10/dunes-at-dusk

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