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Keith, ready to dance
Our fantastic tour leader Keith Skelton, posing in the doorway of a place that promised dancing and cocktails.
Sadly, we were not able to enjoy either one, as the place had been gutted by a fire. But it was OK: even for a photographer as talented as Keith, it’s gotta be hard to dance AND drink AND make photos all at the same time.
Brawley, California
photographed 2.12.2022
duck
If it looks like a duck…it might actually be a worse-for-wear duck decoy in a dead tree.
Salton Sea, California
photographed 2.10.2022
REPENT
Well, no visit to the area can be complete without a stop at Salvation Mountain, a visionary environment in the desert. The mountain itself is “made of adobe bricks, discarded tires and windows, automobile parts and thousands of gallons of paint” and is covered with paintings and symbols and Christian saying and Bible verses. On the grounds, there are several vehicles with similar decorations.
Salvation Mountain
near Niland, California
photographed 2.11.2022
dune-edge
As the day’s light crept across the sand, the patterns grew deeper before fading in the full light of morning. The ruffled edge of the dune held for seconds then was gone, never to reappear in the same place or form again.
Algodones Dunes
near Glamis, California
photographed 2.13.2022
the only other thing
The long shadows of the approaching sunset did me a solid right here, didn’t they?
Bombay Beach
Salton Sea, California
photographed 2.12.2022
One Day | One Image 