Eastern CA and Death Valley

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Monday, 4 November 2024 - The last day of the Eastern Sierras workshop is a visit to the Red Canyon petroglyphs then drove to Death Valley, checked into the hotel in Stovepipe Wells, and spent the afternoon and evening photographing the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes at sunset with their fascinating wind-carved patterns before returning to the hotel after dark.

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The petroglyphs are very close to Bishop, so we were able to sleep a little longer than usual - up at 0500.
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Paiute Indians carved the Red Canyon petroglyphs some 800 to 1500 years ago.
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The group on the Eastern Sierras workshop headed back to Las Vegas - about 4 hours away. Since I was also enrolled in the Death Valley workshop and had my own truck, I simply drove an hour and a half to Stovepipe Wells. I checked into the hotel where the Death Valley workshop will start tomorrow afternoon.

That gave me a sunset and sunrise on my own. The Mesquite Dunes were just a few miles from the hotel, making the decision on where to go straightforward.

So into the dunes for the first time in what would be a total of five visits. They are just so much fun to photograph.
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Genital curves carved by the wind.
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The sun went down quickly - I was a little slow to the dunes due to the time change and a mile hike.
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Soft light on the sand.
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The dunes were small to begin with but quickly grew in size as I hiked further into the dune field.
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Interesting patterns in the sand.
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These formations at the edge of the dune were fascinating, hard to determine what caused them.
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A timelapse of the wind carving the sand would be interesting.
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The sand changed colors as the sun set.

I then walked a mile in the dark back to the truck and arrived at the hotel at 5:30, it seemed like it was much later.
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