20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Drone/Aerial
Ghosts of the Forest #1

The dried up channels of Lake Abert create tree-like etchings in the salt flat. The emphasis is on the condition of the landscape before it was altered by man, a place where trees that may have looked like these patterns would have grown.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Valley Falls, Oregon, United States of America
Camera: FC3411
Copyright: © Christian Murillo