20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Flood on the Flats

The rain came with no stop in sight, poring and poring, more and more water covered the desert. Where there was once an inland sea, now there was a two-foot-deep lake. This mass of water morphed this unique landscape into something new.

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Date Taken: 08.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Wendover, Utah, United States of America
Copyright: © William Mark Sommer