Desert Bloom Under the Milky Way Masterwork Edition hiking upstream through a forest

hiking upstream through a forest already saturated by hours of steady rain

Gold leaves filtered the light

Vegetation survives only where sand accumulates deep enough to hold moisture

but I kept turning inland

both wild and familiar

Desert Bloom Under the Milky Way Masterwork Edition hiking upstream through a forestBig Bend Region of West Texas This photograph was made in the sandhills of West Texas, a place where the desert feels soft until you try to work inside of it. The white flowers in the foreground grow directly out of loose sand, barely anchored, moving constantly with even the slightest breath of wind. The stem you see off to the left is the plants true connection to the ground. Everything else rests lightly on the surface, shifting back and forth long