By Varina Patel,on January 31st,2012 Â This is a shot from Death Valley National Park in California. The salt flats are huge –40 miles long and 5 miles wide –but it’s the tiniest details that grabbed my attention. The largest of these crystals is just three or four millimeters wide. I was waiting for sunset near Badwater,but the . . . →Read More:Salt and Sand By Varina Patel,on January 6th,2012 We had actually planned to photograph the beautiful formations in the Vermillion Cliffs region of Utah on this trip,but the storm front we were expecting stalled out over California. So,we got back into the rental car,and drove West toward Death Valley National Park. We were exhausted (six hours by plane to Las . . . →Read More:Hourglass By Jay Patel,on May 5th,2011 I took this shot at Pebble Beach in California. This small beach is made up of tiny,multicolored pebbles instead of sand –and most of them are smaller than a pea. Large rocks along the shoreline have been scoured smooth by the waves,and they are carved with strange patterns and holes. I took . . . →Read More:Featured Download:Treasure | |