Valley in the distance
June 1993 | ||
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| Bernd on the right with the Death Valley in the background.... Or at least we thought it was the Death Valley.... | ||
Badwater
June 1993 | ||
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| Lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. 86 metres below sea level.... Very, very hot in the summer.... | ||
Four Wheel Drive Required
22 November 2001 | ||
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| So I ended up being stuck in Death Valley, digging myself in further and further. Had an American family help me dig myself out.... This photo also shows my driving style... Always with a bottle of Snapple next to me.... | ||
Under a blood red sky
22 November 2001 | ||
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| This is actually on the other side of the sunset.... The entire sky was glowing dark red and mixed with the red sand of the valley, it created an apocalyptic atmosphere... Very, very beautiful.... | ||
Fiery Sky
22 November 2001 | ||
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| I am slowly running out of words to describe the sunsets I encounter.... | ||
Sunset and Juli
22 November 2001 | ||
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| Photo of the Death Valley sunset behind me with the camera resting on the car... | ||
DV Campground
22 November 2001 | ||
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| The Death Valley campground area.... I have no idea who would be crazy enough to camp here in the summer.... | ||
Deja Vu....
7 May 2002 | ||
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| Step through the timemachine.... Again, just like last time we mistook what lies behind us as the Death Valley.... | ||
A second later....
7 May 2002 | ||
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| ...a roar went through the air and a fighterjet almost blew us to the ground.... if the camera had gone of then, this is what it would have looked like.... | ||
Sand Dunes
7 May 2002 | ||
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| Screaming hot.... | ||
Fashion Accessoire
7 May 2002 | ||
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| At first the color of our Mustang was a bit too much of a screaming one... However after a while we realized... It totally fit Bernd and his hair color.... Like an essential fashion accessory.... | ||
Bye bye Fraenk!
7 May 2002 | ||
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| 10 seconds later we drove on... We wish him well.... | ||
J's 9 at Badwater....
7 May 2002 | ||
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| The entire gang.... At Badwater.... That place hasn't changed much in the last 9 years... apart from the sign.... | ||
He ran all across the Death Valley!
7 May 2002 | ||
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| Fraenk reunited with us after being left back at Furnace Creek.... | ||
The fast and the furious
7 May 2002 | ||
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| Really great photo of our gang and our vehicles.... | ||
Krusty the Clown
7 May 2002 | ||
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| PW at Badwater.... with Makeup on.... His new name is Krusty the Clown.... | ||
Patterns in the dry dirt
19 January 2003 | ||
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| With my cameras in my bag, I rushed to Death Valley to experience the Sand Dunes in the light of the full moon.... | ||
Evil side of Windows XP
19 January 2003 | ||
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| Just liked the patterns of the setting sun.... | ||
Sand Dunes
19 January 2003 | ||
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| Reached Death Valley and stayed in the middle of the Sand Dunes for four hours until I saw the full moon rising.... | ||
Waiting....
19 January 2003 | ||
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| The sunset there was not really spectacular... No clouds on the sky... Then several groups ran around a little girl from a Scout group got lost... Meanwhile I just hung around and played with Velvia film on my film SLR.... | ||
Full Moon Rising
19 January 2003 | ||
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| The moon rose two hours after sunset.... I tried to find a good spot to take a picture against something else, but the moon is too bright so this doesn't work.... | ||
Sand Dunes in the moon light
20 January 2003 | ||
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| I got up at 5am the next morning... and walked under the full moon to the sand dunes... This is a long exposure of the dunes under the full moon.... before the sun rose... It was quite cold, but really a nice experience.... | ||
Popular for photographers
20 January 2003 | ||
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| A lady with a medium format camera was out there as well waiting for the sunrise... She stood very still.... | ||
First light on the horizon
20 January 2003 | ||
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| And then everything went quick.... | ||
Mountains turn red....
20 January 2003 | ||
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| A brilliant red glow.... | ||
Mountains turn yellow and brown....
20 January 2003 | ||
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| ...and then soon went pale.... It reminded me of Uluru, Ayers Rock in Australia changing its colours. | ||
First rays of sun on the dunes....
20 January 2003 | ||
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| The first warm rays of sun came onto the dunes.... | ||
Contrast
20 January 2003 | ||
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| between the shadows and the light.... | ||
Sahara
20 January 2003 | ||
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| Not quite.... | ||
Footsteps in the sand
20 January 2003 | ||
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| Too bad I didn't see any critters.... | ||
Self Portrait with Tripod
20 January 2003 | ||
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| Lifting the tripod up.... | ||
Full moon over the Dunes
20 January 2003 | ||
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| This is 400mm at F64! From a tripod... The depth of field was so big, that all the dust shone up as dirt... I removed the dirt with the healing brush and raised the contrast of the moon by 15%. Otherwise this photo is untouched.... | ||
My favourite Dune
20 January 2003 | ||
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| Great shape! | ||
Devil's Golf Course
20 January 2003 | ||
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| 'Only the devil would play golf here'. | ||
Back once more....
20 January 2003 | ||
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| At Badwater in Death Valley... The third time actually... | ||
Salt Path
20 January 2003 | ||
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| At Badwater... Luckily, the temperature wasn't too bad.... | ||
Salt Surface
20 January 2003 | ||
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| Looks like Snow... | ||
Salt Field at Badwater
20 January 2003 | ||
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| And then it was time to head back.... | ||
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