The pure blue sky, brilliant white sand, and the lone plant combined to create a stark but beautiful scene that caught my eye. These three
elements seemed to me to be the essence of White Sands National Monument. A polarizer darkened the sky. Image made with Canon 7D mk2,
Canon 18-135 STM IS lens at 42mm focal length, ISO 400, +2/3 EV, 1/400 second @ F 11.0.