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Monday, 4 November 2024 - The last day of the Eastern Sierras workshop is a visit to the Red Canyon petroglyphs. Then a drive to Death Valley and an afternoon in the sand dunes.

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The petroglyphs are very close to Bishop, so we were able to sleep a little longer than usual - up at 0500.
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Paiute Indians carved the Red Canyon petroglyphs some 800 to 1500 years ago.
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The group on the Eastern Sierras workshop headed back to Las Vegas - about 4 hours away. Since I was also enrolled in the Death Valley workshop and had my own truck, I simply drove an hour and a half to Stovepipe Wells. I checked into the hotel where the Death Valley workshop will start tomorrow afternoon.

That gave me a sunset and sunrise on my own. The Mesquite Dunes were just a few miles from the hotel, making the decision on where to go straightforward.

So into the dunes for the first time in what would be a total of five visits. They are just so much fun to photograph.
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Genital curves carved by the wind.
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The sun went down quickly - I was a little slow to the dunes due to the time change and a mile hike.
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Soft light on the sand.
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The dunes were small to begin with but quickly grew in size as I hiked further into the dune field.
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Interesting patterns in the sand.
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These formations at the edge of the dune were fascinating, hard to determine what caused them.
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A timelapse of the wind carving the sand would be interesting.
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The sand changed colors as the sun set.

I then walked a mile in the dark back to the truck and arrived at the hotel at 5:30, it seemed like it was much later.
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