Shadowplays



















































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Desert shrub thriving in the thin soil atop a rocky butte.
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Lone pinyon pine, bent by powerful winds, on the edge of a desert canyon.
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Lone indigo bush growing among desert sandstone domes.
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A fox’s footprint on the steep slope of a desert sand dune.
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Light fading from desert sand dunes.
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Last light on a desert sand dune.
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Desert butte during a thunderstorm.
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Desert spire bathed in light and cloud shadows.
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Desert scene lit by errant beams piercing through thick cloud cover during a storm.
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The fractal branching of a dry alluvial wash.
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Light streaming down a split desert canyon.
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Light streaming down the slope of a steep desert hill.
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The fluted rim of a deep desert water pocket.
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Fluted sandstone polished by flowing water, filled with light colored sand.
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A large sandstone “gargoyle” in a narrow desert canyon.
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Cottonwood tree reduced to strokes of light.
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Small aspen tree and grasses catching the last of the day’s light.
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Tips of a dormant cottonwood tree emerging from the shadows.
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Ephemeral light hitting a remote and inaccessible desert cliff.
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The edge of a sloped desert hill catching the light.
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Last light over creosote bushes and other desert flora growing on the slopes of a desert mountain.
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Low light crazing the edges of brushy volcanic ridges.
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Light and shadows streaming over desert buttes during a storm.
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Light and shadow plays on windswept snowdrifts.
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Shrinking patch of sunlight fades away from a desert butte.
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First light catching the profile of a desert canyon.
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Last light on the edge of a desert canyon.
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Back-lit seed pods of grama grasses.
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Dry yucca stalks and seed pods, set against a steep desert cliff.
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Lone creosote bush on a desert slope catching the day’s first light.
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Shaft of light piercing through a thick layer of clouds touches desert rock formations during a storm.
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Tilted sedimentary layers in a desert formation, catching a beam of light during a storm.
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Shafts of light streaming over a desert landscape during a storm.
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Light crazes the rims of a desert canyon.
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Light recedes from the slopes of a desert canyon.
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Last light fading from the rim of a desert canyon.
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Rippled patterns along the ridge line of a desert sand dune.
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Light and shadow interleave over ripples in a sand dune.
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Rippled patterns on a desert sand dune.
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Soft cloud shadows sweeping over the ramparts of a desolate desert butte.
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Ominous cloud shadow sweeping over desert hills.
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Rounded foothills in succession.
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Cloud shadows on the sloping walls of a desert canyon.
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Large boulder perched on the edge of a canyon rim.
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Shaft of light illuminates the slope of a deep desert canyon.
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Cloud shadows drifting over a canyon.
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Cloud shadows drift over a rugged mountainside.
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Intersecting ridges.
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Ripples, desert plants, and animal tracks in the sand.
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Fox tracks in a field of sand dunes.
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Fox tracks on a sand dune.