Sai Teja

Travel · Story 2 of 2

Across America

Place
The American Southwest
When
December 2025
Frames
11
Camera
Sony A7 IV, DJI drone

Six days on the road in the last week of December, from the gypsum dunes of White Sands through Petrified Forest and Monument Valley to the canyons of northern Arizona.

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Black-and-white view of rolling gypsum dunes under a dark sky.
No. 01 — White Sands, New Mexico — 13:18 — f/8 · 1/8000 · 400mm
Wind ripples across pale sand, seen close with a long lens.
No. 02 — White Sands, New Mexico — 12:54 — f/8 · 1/5000 · 111mm
Aerial view of red, orange and white badlands eroded into branching ridges.
No. 03 — Petrified Forest, Arizona — 12:00 — f/1.8 · 1/800 · 24mm
Aerial abstract of swirling red and cream bands of clay.
No. 04 — Petrified Forest, Arizona — 12:07 — f/1.8 · 1/730 · 24mm
A twisted, sun-bleached juniper frames a red butte in the distance.
No. 05 — Monument Valley — 16:50 — f/3.2 · 1/400 · 17mm
A flat-topped red mesa above a sandstone ledge under a stormy sky.
No. 06 — Monument Valley — 17:58 — f/5 · 1/200 · 28mm
A dirt road runs toward red cliffs in low, raking light.
No. 07 — Monument Valley — 18:13 — f/5.6 · 1/4000 · 62mm
A natural sandstone arch on a ridge above a sandy trail and dry grass, under a blue sky.
No. 08 — 13:11 — f/9 · 1/500 · 21mm
The Colorado River curves around Horseshoe Bend, seen from the rim in a wide panorama.
No. 09 — Horseshoe Bend, Arizona — 10:04 — f/2.8 · 1/2000 · 24mm
A long panorama of canyon walls and buttes under late clouds.
No. 10 — 19:16 — f/5.6 · 1/1250 · 126mm
Black-and-white photograph of lightning forking over city towers at night, with light trails on a road below.
No. 11 — 22:19 — f/8 · 2s · 46mm