Desert Hiker Explores Ancient Stone Ruins in Arid Landscape
Saturday, October 1st, 2011 at 5:08:21 PM · 2011/23b_desert_trip_october/23b_desert_trip_october
A lone hiker, identified as Penelope, stands beside the collapsed remains of a dry-stacked stone structure in a stark desert environment. The ruins appear to be the walls of a small building or enclosure, constructed from locally-sourced flat desert rock, now largely tumbled and deteriorating. The setting is a rocky hillside with sparse desert scrub vegetation, under a clear, hazy blue sky typical of the Mojave or Sonoran desert in autumn. The wide-angle lens creates a sweeping sense of the vast, arid landscape stretching into the distance. The overexposed, washed-out tones of the image reinforce the intense heat and bleached quality of the desert environment.
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