Yucca Vista
Strange as it may seem, the last thing on my mind was that way back on July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb exploded at a place called Trinity. Located in White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Today, the Trinity bomb site is open to visitors only twice a year. But we were interested in exploring the white powered wonderland that gave this place its name "White Sands". Located just outside of the Trinity site, and always open to the public. We weren't too sure on what to expect. Wow, I was quite surprised at the natural beauty and immensity of the place. It's not like anything you'll see anywhere else. You'll think of snow drifts at first glance. The white is almost blinding in this wind swept land.
It was a lucky day for us, we found sweeping vistas of cloud filled skies, and the gusting winds of a clearing storm. We found intriguing compositions waiting to be discovered in this pearl like landscape. Yuccas seemed to be emerging from drifting white sands, like aliens from another world, great legions of them, wading through the wind blown dunes of white. I found Black and White exposure to be the only solution for relaying most of what I was feeling on this blustery day.
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