16th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
From sky to sand, from centuries to seconds

Two images side-by-side of what look to be such similar places, and yet they are many millions of years apart in age, and many thousands of feet apart in height. A view from the sand at foot level, and that from an airplane, in the human experience of witnessing how water shapes our planet.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2018
Photo Location: , United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Copyright: © Ben Gerstein