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Sandstorm at Badwater - explore.10

A very unusual sandstorm at the Badwater Salt Flats in Death Valley National Park. The storm was so heavy, that it was nearly impossible to stand or walk. Initially I intended to stay some hours on the Salt Flats for a new startrail project, but I finished my shooting after a few shots.

Theses are the days, when you should avoid changing your lenses. I changed the lenses in my car, but there was so much dust in the air, that I had to send it to NIKON now for a sensor cleaning :-(.

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By the way, some technical details:

NIKON D80 + SIGMA 17-70mm at 17mm

F/10, 1/250 seconds

ISO-140

1 single exposure, no HDR (this time)

max. size: 3819 x 2555

Fine-tuning with NIKON Capture NX2

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Uploaded on December 26, 2011
Taken on November 30, 2011