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White Sands Panorama

Today we’re going to take a look at the more serious side of White Sands National Monument.  Unfortunately, I was not there during optimum lighting.  That occurs not in the bright overhead sun, but rather closer to either sunrise or sunset.  Proper exposure is tricky with a landscape this white, as we’ve discussed before, so most images were taken with a +⅔ exposure compensation.  Even so, some post processing was required, and thankfully I had shot images in Raw + JPEG.

Reclaiming the Land

White Sands

Oceans of White beneath a Sea of Blue

Organ Mountains in the Distance

White Sands Dune

Ripples and Dunes

Wisps of Dust

Eerie Landscape

White Sands Vegetation

The Sentry

Dust in the Sky

The Hikers

White Sands Closeup