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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Yea, Though I Drive Through The Valley Of Death, My Air Conditioner Wafts Over Me. And Yea, I've Pretty Much Used That Same Post Title Before, But Whatever.

Going back to the well doesn't often yield anything new. I was driving through Death Valley again this month and I wanted to stop at my favorite lava alien and see if I could get something different. I didn't really. The first picture I got of him is still the best. Yet it's been a slow month for new and interesting travel, so I'll post a few anyway.

And the same shot in my ongoing battle of wondering whether B&W is better than color, for some things, especially if the sun is involved.

I also stopped at Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, to try and get some perspective shots. Death Valley is amazing, incredibly vast, empty, and beautiful and I love to drive through it every chance that I get, but it's hard to get that across in most photos. So I tried to capture some tourists walking along the salt flats down there.

It's a great spot, but even at the widest angle it's difficult to capture the scope.

Well I tried. And I didn't run across my coyote friend this time, whom I've named the Desert Puppy, so after leaving the park I stopped just outside the town of Shoshone, CA (Pop. 32) and got off a quick shot of something I've driven by a hundred times but never bothered to stop for.

Just a door. In the side of a rock formation. In the middle of nowhere, no explanation given. I'm always charmed by it as I drive by, and a bit perplexed, but I'd rather not know what it's actually there for. Probably not as interesting as my imagination. Anyway that's all I got, but since I'm sad I didn't get to see him this time, here's my favorite Desert Puppy shot!