A lone brown horse with a black mane and tail standing in a vast, dry desert landscape with mountains in the background under a clear blue sky.
A desert landscape with dead trees and a large orange sand dune in the background under a clear blue sky.
A group of zebras standing on a rocky desert terrain with sand dunes and mountains in the background under a clear blue sky.
A dry, barren desert landscape with rolling hills and a dirt road winding through the mountains under a clear blue sky.
Sand dunes in a desert with sparse vegetation and small trees on hilltop, under a partly cloudy sky.
A desert landscape with reddish sand dunes in the foreground, rugged mountains in the middle ground, and a partly cloudy sky overhead.
A desert landscape with tall, leafless trees casting long shadows on the cracked, dry ground, and a massive sand dune in the background.
Desert landscape at sunset with mountains in the background and a colorful sky with clouds.
Mountain range silhouette against a hazy sky at sunset or sunrise
A black horse walking on a deserted paved road in a flat, arid landscape under a clear blue sky.
A wide, arid desert landscape with faint mountain ranges in the background under a cloudy sky.
Dry, barren desert with withered, leafless trees in the foreground, sand dunes in the background, under a clear blue sky.
People sitting on sand dunes in a desert during sunset or sunrise.
Close-up of desert sand dunes with rippled patterns and a solitary dry, twisted plant stem.
People sitting on sand dunes in a desert, some are taking photos and others are relaxing, with clear sky in the background.
Landscape of sand dunes and mountains with soft lighting, desert scene
A vast, sandy desert landscape with a single person walking and a small vehicle in the distance, creating a long shadow on the sand.
Landscape of sand dunes at sunset with a gradient sky transitioning from light blue to pale yellow.
A person walking alone across a vast desert with orange sand dunes and distant hills, leaving footprints behind.
A solitary ostrich walking in a desert landscape with a large, rocky mountain in the background.
Dune landscape with rolling sand dunes in shades of orange and purple, under a hazy sky.
Tall sand dunes in a desert, with a trail visible on one of the dunes and a few small bushes at the base, under a clear blue sky.
Two leafless trees in a desert with large sand dunes in the background, casting shadows on the ground.
Desert landscape with dead trees in foreground, orange sand dune in middle, and blue sky in background.
Desert landscape with leafless trees and sand dunes in the background.
A dry desert landscape with dead trees in the foreground, large sand dunes in the background, and a clear sky.
Silhouettes of people walking in a line on a desert dune, seen through a large, curved tree branch against a blue sky.
A solitary, leafless tree in a desert landscape with sand dunes in the background.
Desolation
Part of traveling that i’ve experienced is the expanse of seemingly large strips of nothingness that exist all over the world. We experience pure density in our cities, and in some places our connection between them drifts off and shows us something different.
I always find it a transformative experience. It always stands out to me that we are extremely insigficant. And I don’t mean this as a petrified pessimist, but more that it is astounding that we don’t recognize as humans that we are not in control of this giant blue dot. In fact, it’s quite the contrary.
These spaces between show us our stripped down landscapes. Our wavy sand dunes. Our highest mountains, our lowest valleys. And it shows us ourselves at our most basic form - we’re just here.