Description
Death Valley National Park, CA
Horizontal lightning bolts revealing dramatic colors in the sky, distant mountains covered in snow and the first light of day brightening nearby sand dunes produced this spectacular scene at Mesquite Flat Sand Dune in Death Valley National Park. As one of the most popular dunes in the park, Mesquite Flat is normally covered with the footprints from hundreds of daily visitors. This image was made just as the sun crested the horizon at the end of a night-long storm that washed away the footprints.. [Photo 1222]