High Desert Vibrancy

by Mike Lee

Title

High Desert Vibrancy

Artist

Mike Lee

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

The Smoke Creek Desert in northeastern California and northwestern Nevada can be a barren landscape. However, after a nice wet winter, it can be incredibly beautiful in spring. On this particular mid-May evening, my wife and I had been out for a drive during some thunderstorm activity. Most of the afternoon had been a bust for photos due to grey, gloomy conditions. However, the last hour before dusk was absolutely incredible as the clouds opened up and then colored up as the sun got low on the horizon. I captured this image near the junction of Smoke Creek Road and US 395 just after sunset.

𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵. 𝘈 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘢, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘴.

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May 20th, 2023

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