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19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Mud & Meteor

I really wanted to photograph the dried mud in Death Valley, so I went far out to Eureka Dunes to get the more remote and untouched area. To my surprise when I went back to look at the photo, a meteor has travelled at the same time I took the photo. This was insane to me.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Death Valley, California, United States of America
Camera: ILCE-7RM2
Copyright: © Michael Kovalsky