Deserts

  • The Pyramid

    Pyramid Lake: A brilliant Blue Gem in a Desert

    This pretty desert lake leads a very unassuming life even though it is only a few miles away from the glittering 'Biggest Little City in the World.'...
  • pumice desert, or

    Have you ever seen a Pumice Desert?

    After we left Crater Lake on our first visit there, we exited the National Park via the North Entrance Station. As we drove through the rain and the fog, we got to a large clearing that looked like a large playground. I guessed it was the Pumice Desert that...
  • Utah’s rocky deserts – II

    The Lights and Shades-of-Grey edition: As I went through my travel albums I found that I had more photographs from that morning’s (read post- Utah’s Rocky Deserts -I) Amtrak journey through Utah. It was interesting to see how light played on the rocks and bushes and created shadows as...
  • Utah’s rocky deserts – I

    One morning in Utah’s rocky desert-land. The dry land watching the sun on its way up. And catching some early morning light. And my lens was busy catching the landscape catching the light. These pictures are from a moving train. Utah’s dry side, its canyons and rock forms and...
  • Cruising the Thar Desert

    It was on the way to Jaisalmer that I first saw desert sand. We were on a train and the car began to get all dusty. In  a few minutes there were layers and layers of dust on the seats. People were closing the windows of the non-a/c sleeper...
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