White Sands, Blue Sky
by Douglas Taylor
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30.000 x 45.000 inches
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Title
White Sands, Blue Sky
Artist
Douglas Taylor
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Photography
Description
Deep in the remote deserts of southern New Mexico is an amazing natural feature we call White Sands. Here the dunes are a blinding, brilliant white and the skies a deep, intense azure blue.
But the dunes are not the quartz sand commonly found in deserts. The White Sands are really not sand at all, but an expansive, brilliant white landscape of dunes made from gypsum crystals. It is the largest of its kind on our planet and is now a National Monument. It is very different from common desert sand in that it is relatively cool to the touch because the blinding reflectivity reduces the absorption of the sun’s rays. And it comes from a very unique source.
The Tularosa Basin where White Sands sits is nearly 250 million years old. Gypsum is a relatively common mineral, but not commonly found at the earth’s surface. Within the last 70 million years, tectonic forces brought the gypsum to the surface in the surrounding mountains. Rain dissolved the mineral and deposited it into a lakebed at the bottom of the closed basin. Winds have weathered the gypsum evaporite into fine grains and deposited them in a large dune field with crests over 50 high. The yucca plants which dot the dunes put down roots very deep to find water near the rocky soils beneath.
CONTEST WINNER: 2nd Place, "Minimalistic - Simple Clean Lines" sponsored by the Simply White Gallery art group, July 2020.
CONTEST WINNER: 3rd Place, "White" contest, sponsored by the Long Exposure Photos art group, September 2023.
CONTEST WINNER: 3rd Place, "Ripples" contest, sponsored by the Patterns We Find art group, November 2023.
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December 31st, 2019
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Comments (80)
Gigi Thomas
Kuddos!Your awesome creation has been FEATURED on the ABSTRACT FEATURES DAILY GROUP Home Page !
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you, Gigi! I am both delighted and honored to be featured in this superb art group. Your awesome support is greatly appreciated here.
Ann Skelton
Amazing Douglas! Congratulations on your third place win! l/f
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your enthusiastic compliment, Ann! Your words are much appreciated here.
Bob Lentz
Congratulations!, Douglas, on being selected Participant for November 4-15, 2023, in the Dramatic Landscape Seascape and Cityscape Photographs group on FAA
Douglas Taylor replied:
Wow! This is a wonderful and unexpected honor, Bob! I appreciate your recognition for my art.
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on this unique image’s being Featured in “Dramatic Landscape Seascape and Cityscape Photographs” group. The artist is invited to add the image to the group’s current “2023 Feature Archive” Discussion topic.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for recognizing my photography with the feature in this superb photography art group, Bob! Your awesome support is greatly appreciated.
Dianne Cowen Cape Cod Photography
Congratulations, Douglas on your top win in the 'Ripples' Contest~!!
Carol Lowbeer
Congratulations Doug on your beautiful blue and white juxtaposition of sky and sand and for your win in the RIPPLES contest!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you so much for your kind compliment, Carol! Your words are greatly appreciated by this man.
Steve Rich
Your work deserves to be showcased on the homepage of "The Meandering Photographer" Please consider adding this work to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (Oct-Nov 2023)" active discussion thread. (l/f on 11-9-2023)
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you Steve! I am honored to be recognized with the feature in this superb photography art group.
Hugh Warren
Congratulations Douglas! Third place in the "Ripples" contest: https://fineartamerica.com/contests/ripples-photos-only.html?tab=leaderboard
Jurgen Lorenzen
Revisiting this amazing image, Douglas, congratulations on your win in the RIPPLES - PHOTOS ONLY contest!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your kind compliment, Jurgen! Your words are much appreciated here.
Jurgen Lorenzen
A gorgeous composition with awesome textures, Douglas, congratulations on your win in the WHITE CONTEST!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your wonderful compliments, Jurgen! Your words are much appreciated.
VIVA Anderson
Congratulations, Douglas! for your Feature, GO TAKE A HIKE group, and ! for your 3rd Place, WHITE contest! Kudos, voted, Beautiful Art! ..VIVA
Larry Kniskern
Douglas – congratulations on this image being selected as an initial candidate for consideration in the July 2023 "Photo of the Month" for the Go Take a Hike Photography Group. Even though not advancing as a finalist, this image is most worthy of recognition as a superb photographic effort, so congratulations and well done! Please feel free to add this gem to the “Candidates for Photo of the Month” discussion thread in the group.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your consideration of this photograph, Larry! Much appreciated.
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Douglas – your stunning scene has been selected as a Group Admin’s Pick from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Patterns in Sand photo contest! It has been placed in the Special Recognition thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Jennifer Jenson
Wowza! This is incredible! Gorgeous work!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your enthusiastic compliment, Jennifer! Your words mean much to me.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your terrific art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from the M IS FOR MINIMALISM week, MAY 8, 2022 - MAY 16, 2022 . You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP as a way to preserve your feature!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for this wonderful honor, Pamela! I appreciate your wonderful support very much.
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