Maelstrom

[Kurt Harrigan]

A sand storm works it's way through the valleys of Panamint Dunes.

 

[AlanLichty]

Interesting view of those dunes. Not a good time to change lenses. The swirling sand is quite unique.

 

[JimFox]

Wow Kurt! What a unique and different view of the sand dunes. It's not fun shooting in blowing sand. I have gotten that in the desert I usually carry a bandana with me to tie around my mouth and nose so that I am not chewing on sand a week later.

Great job here!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Very interesting. Love the play of light and shadows as well.

 

[BarryHamilton]

That's pretty cool, Kurt! The swirling sands give this a quite ethereal feeling.

 

[Mike Mancil]

The motion makes me think the sand is coming right at me.

 

[MonikaC]

The contrast of the blowing & sharp detail in the sand are really cool.

 

[Bart Carrig]

Wow, that's a great image. Unique beauty, well seen.

Bart

 

[Eric Nelson]

Love it!

 

[Jim Dockery]

Very unusual. Nicely captured and processed.

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

The motion makes me think the sand is coming right at me.

It was!

 

[Zeph]

An action shot, lots going on. Love the contrast between the wind blown dune and everything else, it's almost like the scene is melting away before our eyes.

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

An action shot, lots going on. Love the contrast between the wind blown dune and everything else, it's almost like the scene is melting away before our eyes.

It was a heavy windstorm but the sand stays near the ground so you don't really get sandblasted. If you look at the lower part of the picture you can see the sand hovering just a few inches above the dunes.

 

[Zeph]

It was a heavy windstorm but the sand stays near the ground so you don't really get sandblasted. If you look at the lower part of the picture you can see the sand hovering just a few inches above the dunes.

The turbulence against the the solid sand wall on the right is the lynch pin that makes this work otherwise there is total chaos and the story changes, my .02