Ephemeral Contours

Death Valley National Park

You don't expect to find evidence of so much water in Death Valley. After some rare flooding rains, we found miles of this. It was surreal. The mud had dried just enough to crack, creating these incredible lines that looked like a topographic map. It felt like I was looking at a landscape in miniature. We spent days out there, just walking and watching the light change, feeling like we'd stumbled onto a secret the desert only reveals once in a lifetime.

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