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Desert photo spots

Canyons, dunes and carved rock facades where color and shadow are the whole story.

Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
RegionEuropeAsiaAmericasAfricaOceania
ThemeCityCoastMountainsDesertNatureIconic
Horseshoe Bend, Page, Arizona, USA
MIDDAY

Page, Arizona · USA

Horseshoe Bend

Desert · Americas

Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
EARLY MORNING

Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park · Namibia

Deadvlei

Desert · Africa

The Treasury at Petra from Above, Petra, Jordan
MORNING

Petra · Jordan

The Treasury at Petra from Above

Desert · Asia

What makes these spots work

Low sun sculpts dunes and rock with long shadows, while some canyons actually look best when the sun is high enough to light the floor.

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