19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Desert Texture
Other worldly. While this landscape truly felt otherworldly to me - when I dug into the geological history of the region, I learned that this other world was actually the late Triassic period, during which time these geological features were formed by combinations of water and wind erosion, when prehistoric braided rivers shaped this landscape.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 05.2021 |
Date Uploaded: | 10.2021 |
Photo Location: | None, United States of America |
Camera: | NIKON D850 |
Copyright: | © Aya Okawa |