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Travel · 11 frames · December 2025

Across America

A Christmas road trip through the desert Southwest, from white sand to red rock to the canyon rim.

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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.Aerial abstract of swirling red and cream bands of clay.
No. 03 — Petrified Forest, Arizona — 12:00 — f/1.8 · 1/800 · 24mm · 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.A flat-topped red mesa above a sandstone ledge under a stormy sky.
No. 05 — Monument Valley — 16:50 — f/3.2 · 1/400 · 17mm · 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

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