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Morning, Death Valley Dunes and Funeral Mountains

Morning, Death Valley Dunes and Funeral Mountains

Morning, Death Valley Dunes and Funeral Mountains. Death Valley National Park, California. April 4, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Photograph of curving Death Valley Dunes in morning light with the Funeral Mountains in the background.

Perhaps closer to the classic “dune photographs” from this area, shot along the top of one of the highest dunes with the line of the dune summit leading toward the Funeral Mountains along the east side of Death Valley. I hadn’t actually intended to shoot a scene like this one, but I ended up on top of a rise in the dunes after shooting the area behind them… and one feels almost obligated to photograph a scene like this one when visiting Death Valley. :-)

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Bank Building Ruins

Bank Building Ruins

Bank Building Ruins. Rhyolite, Nevada. April 2, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Distorted wide angle perspective photograph of the ruins of the bank building in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada.

I spent considerable time shooting the remains of this bank building. Given how impressive it is today even in its deteriorating state, it must have been quite a building 100 years ago.

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Steps and Columns, Rhyolite Bank

Steps and Columns, Rhyolite Bank

Steps and Columns, Rhyolite Bank. Rhyolite, Nevada. April 2, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of steps and columns in the ruins of the old Rhyolite Bank in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada.

While photographing some of these old, abandoned buildings I was struck by how much they reminded me of far more ancient and famous ruins.

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Stairs, UCLA

Stairs, UCLA
Stairs After Rain. University of California, Los Angeles. January 29, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A group of receding stairways after rain. University of California, Los Angeles.

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