desert southwest

desert southwest

The desert landscape is often thought of as completely lifeless, desolate, and monochromatic, which is not at all the case: it has its own unique beauty.

Desert Southwest

by Rebecca Metschke Photography

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Patterns in sand dune at Death Valley National Park
‎ARTISTRY IN THE WIND
TECHNICOLOR
‎TECHNICOLOR
Colorful badlands at Death Valley's Zabriskie Point just as the sun comes up
‎BEGUILING BADLANDS
Superbloom
‎DESERT GOLD
ALLURING AQUA
‎ALLURING AQUA
Abstract rendering of the Mesquite Sand Dunes at Death Valley National Park
‎LINE BY LINE
The lines and shapes of the beautiful badlands at Death Valley National Park are enhanced by high co
‎IMPOSING
Brightly colored rock formations in Artists Palette
‎RAINBOWS IN ROCK
Wildflower superbloom in Death Valley National Park
‎S-CURVE
STANDOUT
‎STANDOUT
A huge boulder is perched precariously on rock pinnacles in the badlands of Death Valley National Pa
‎PRECARIOUS
The sand has been sculpted to resemble licorice sticks at Death Valley National Park
‎LICORICE STICKS
Bands of color in the rock formations at the Furnace Creek badlands in Death Valley
‎BANDED BEAUTY
Purple wildflowers mimic the purple shades of volcanic rock in Artist's Palette at Death Valley
‎LIKEMINDED
Abstract rendering of light and shadow at Mesquite Dunes Death Valley
‎LIGHT AND SHADOW
Close up of dried mud resembles fault lines in mountainous terrain at Death Valley National Park
‎FAULT LINES
Rocks painted in bright shades of pink, yellow and aqua along the Artist's Drive in Death Valley Nat
‎PAINTED HILLS
Mesquite Sand Dunes in dramatic early morning light
‎GOLDEN WAVES
Patterns in the sand dunes created by the wind at Death Valley National Park
‎STEP INTO THE MAZE
Some of the sand dune formations at Death Valley resemble dinosaur backs
‎BACKBONES
Close up of the shapes in the salt flats at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park
‎AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
The rising sun creates a golden cast over the Mesquite Flat sand dunes in Death Valley
‎SUN-WARMED SAND
Dried mud tiles resemble broken flower petals in Death Valley National Park
‎BROKEN PETALS
A woman's figure contrasted against the enormous rocks in Death Valley's Artist Drive adds scale
‎EXQUISITE ENORMITY
GOODNIGHT, MOON
‎GOODNIGHT, MOON