MetaFilter posts tagged with desert and photography

Ancient Oases

homunculus — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:12:29 -0800

Bloom in the desert

hortense — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:52:00 -0800

Very nice High definition video from Phillip Bloom music is "28 Ghosts IV" by Nine Inch Nails. Deer Vegas music is Deer Stop" by Goldfrapp lots more shorts at these links along with info about the 35mm adapters used to make these videos.

Now it's dark.

dhammond — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:00:40 -0800

Lost America is a purdy website featuring night photography of ghost towns, urban exploration, decommissioned military facilities, airplane graveyards, and other roadside abandonments of the American west.

Bono's Joshua Tree RIP

hortense — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:47:16 -0800

Iconic joshua tree has fallen... many fine photographs centering on the national park and lots of information about the trees are included on this fan site. via "Geology is the study of pressure and time. That's all it takes really... pressure... and time..." -- Morgan Freeman's character Red in the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" metaphorically explaining why his friend Andy escaped from prison

Death Valley Slideshow

hortense — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:34 -0800

Death Valley car trip photos including some panoramas of the racetrack and its mysterious stones, and cute kids. via

the large soundness of nature

salvia — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:12:15 -0800

The moral terrain of the desert. Mary Austin describes a desert "where the borders of conscience break down... where the boundary of soul and sense is as faint as a train in a sand-storm... [where] the senses are obsessed by the coil of a huge and senseless monotony” -- is that the desert of photographer Richard Misrach? Joan Didion describes a "country so ominous and terrible that to live in it is to live with antimatter, [where] it is difficult to believe that 'the good' is a knowable quantity... [T]here is some sinister hysteria in the air out here tonight” -- is that the desert of photographer Bill Lesch? Possibly the most depressing are these suburban deserts.

Brian Lockett's various museums

hortense — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:39:31 -0800

The Goleta Air & Space Museum/ Goleta Natural History Museum While looking for hot spring photos, I found this virtual museum. It is loaded with amazing shots of warbirds in flight and the latest in space travel On the other hand some very well done nature photography. Including desert panoramas This is all the work of one man.

burning man 2003

specialk420 — Sat, 30 Aug 2003 15:57:59 -0800

it does look like fun
burning man 2003. more links? photos? stories? from this years fun in the desert.