Dawn Mesa Rising From New Mexico Desert Shore in along a wave-cut shoreline in New Mexico

Dawn Mesa Rising From New Mexico Desert Shore

by Kathryn Humphrey

First rays of sunrise spill across a flat, wave-cut shoreline in midsummer New Mexico, illuminating the base of a towering mesa. The air shimmers with a thick heat haze that softens the distant rock face and blurs the horizon line. Pale gold light strikes the mesa's eastern cliff, creating a stark contrast against the deepening blue shadows in the canyon crevices below. Dry, cracked earth stretches toward the water's edge, its dusty ochre tones glowing under the low-angle sun. A faint ripple of distortion rises from the ground, warping the lower contours of the rock. The mesa dominates the right third of the view, its sheer vertical drop ending abruptly at the pale, receding water line where the light catches a final glint of moisture.

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Lens 24mm f/1.8
Focal Length 24mm
Aperture f/1.8
Shutter Speed 1/30
ISO 100
Film natural phone processing
Location along a wave-cut shoreline in New Mexico
Date 2024-07-18
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