Prose by Gregory McNamee
Photos by Stephen Strom
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In those lonely, difficult places, deserts breed strange visions. Mystics have seen gods, angels, and devils in whirlwinds of sand and flickers of heat lightning. Soldiers have seen great fortresses, carved by giants from civilizations past, in weathered sandstone cliffs. Conquerors have seen cities of gold beckoning from the edges of saltpans and the summits of sand dunes. And desert rats and casual passers-by, from Lawrence of Arabia to Bugs Bunny, have seen white castles, gleaming cities, and even belly dancers floating on air above the scorching ground—and, more beguilingly still, pools of water where only sand and rock await. Death Valley floor from Dante's View |
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