January 13, 2012 Cracked Dunes in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Cracked Dunes
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Canon EOS 1Ds Mk III; 17 TS; 1/750, 1/350, and 1/180 sec; f8; ISO 100
Image taken on January 12, 2012.
We photographed in White Sands National Monument yesterday and had some interesting clouds. My favorite image was taken in the morning and shows the cracked dunes and a nice diagonal cloud. The area has received a lot of rain lately, so the dunes were quite damp, and I imagine that as they're drying out, the surface is cracking like in the image above.
