late afternoon, after the rain, at white sands new mexico
At the south end of Island Beach State Park in New Jersey is the end of the road and the last entrance to the beach.
If you love surf fishing, this is the way to do it - driving on the beach.
Among the plants that grow on the sand dunes at Island Beach State Park in New Jersey are plants like this beach plum that is in bloom in the spring.
This is the last of the pedestrian beach access paths at the end of Island Beach State Park. The dunes are incredible and surf fishing awaits.
The Great Sand Dunes was once the bottom of an ancient sea. Located in the San Luis Valley of Colorado at the base of the Sangre de Cristo mountains.
One of the many moods at the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado.
Some of the very little vegetation growing at the Great Sand Dunes. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the background.
In the spring and early summer, the melting snow from the mountains creates a stream at the Great Sand Dunes.
The Farafra Oasis (Arabic: الفرافرة) is the smallest oasis located in Western Egypt, near latitude 27.06° North and longitude 27.97° East. It is located in the Libyan Desert, approximately mid-way between Dakhla and Bahariya.
Farafra has an estimated 5,000 inhabitants (2002) living witin its single village and is mostly inhabited by the local Bedouins.
"Travelling to the edges of the world does not require traversing long distances. They may actually be found, folded between the seams of modernity", said my fellow traveller casually when our travel agent asked if Barmer was for real.
Destination Barmer is meant only for the footloose.