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Badwater Blues

Badwater Blues

Blue hour at Death Valley's (Badwater) salt flats. Strong wind and occasional rains made for mildly challenging conditions as I scouted for a nicely shaped...
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Blue hour at Death Valley's (Badwater) salt flats. Strong wind and occasional rains made for mildly challenging conditions as I scouted for a nicely shaped salt polygon on this early February morning.
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SONY ILCE-7RM2

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Aperture f/14 ISO 100 Shutter 1/5 Focal Length 160/10

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Death Valley Junction, California, US

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Mar, 2019

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