I like the flow of this. It brings back memories of photographing mud like this in and around Death Valley. But I never made a photo of those mud cracks that had so much lyricism.
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Thank you. I call the waterways because that’s what they are to me. Rarely do they have water in them, but sometimes they do after a rain. The caliche keeps the water from absorbing, so for a few days or weeks this water is there and it’s really beautiful.
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Caliche is a new word for me. Thank you for explaining – so the rain comes, I do know how sporadic it can be in the desert – and minerals in the soil prevent it from being absorbed easily. Then you have the beautiful cracked mud shapes after it finally dries up – maybe mostly from evaporation?
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Exactly!
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Cool shot, Merilee!
Thank you, Eliza!
I like the flow of this. It brings back memories of photographing mud like this in and around Death Valley. But I never made a photo of those mud cracks that had so much lyricism.
Thank you. I call the waterways because that’s what they are to me. Rarely do they have water in them, but sometimes they do after a rain. The caliche keeps the water from absorbing, so for a few days or weeks this water is there and it’s really beautiful.
Caliche is a new word for me. Thank you for explaining – so the rain comes, I do know how sporadic it can be in the desert – and minerals in the soil prevent it from being absorbed easily. Then you have the beautiful cracked mud shapes after it finally dries up – maybe mostly from evaporation?
Exactly!