Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Took a different route back to California yesterday from Arizona, partially to miss the bank-holiday traffic, and partially so that I could get some shots of an area of sand dunes near Glamis.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=glamis+ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Glamis,+Imperial,+California&gl=us&ei=tYOGTLX1M4SosAPZwJH3Bw&ved=0CB0Q8gEwAA&ll=32.9839,-115.093632&spn=0.059253,0.096216&t=h&z=14
This is a dune sea that stretches from the Salton Sea, down to the Mexico border - and crossed at Glamis by CA SR 78.
Managed to time our arrival well, and we reached the dunes as the sun was getting low - It was windy, dry, and hot - 102 F hot!![Stick Out Tongue :p :p](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
After helping a poor tourist to get her Toyota truck out of the sand (Land Rover wins every time!) - I captured the following shots with the 5D MKII and 28-70 f2.8L - ISO 100, f16.
I'd love to go back, maybe at dawn for a different perspective - but it's bleepin' miles from anywhere, so we'll have to see!
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=glamis+ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Glamis,+Imperial,+California&gl=us&ei=tYOGTLX1M4SosAPZwJH3Bw&ved=0CB0Q8gEwAA&ll=32.9839,-115.093632&spn=0.059253,0.096216&t=h&z=14
This is a dune sea that stretches from the Salton Sea, down to the Mexico border - and crossed at Glamis by CA SR 78.
Managed to time our arrival well, and we reached the dunes as the sun was getting low - It was windy, dry, and hot - 102 F hot!
After helping a poor tourist to get her Toyota truck out of the sand (Land Rover wins every time!) - I captured the following shots with the 5D MKII and 28-70 f2.8L - ISO 100, f16.
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I'd love to go back, maybe at dawn for a different perspective - but it's bleepin' miles from anywhere, so we'll have to see!
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