9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A surreal landscape found in Oregon's remote Alvord Desert. This is called the Alvord Playa and it stretches 12 miles by 7 miles wide. basically a dry lake bed formed by silt run-off from the towering

A surreal landscape found in Oregon's remote Alvord Desert. This is called the Alvord Playa and it stretches 12 miles by 7 miles wide. basically a dry lake bed formed by silt run-off from the towering Steens Mountains.

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Date Taken: 03.2011
Date Uploaded: 03.2011
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Camera: PENTAX K10D
Copyright: © Shawn Martin