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The Promise, Death Valley

When my 12-year old daughter and I arrived at the Mesquite dunes in Death Valley, we had high hopes of making a classic image like Ansel Adams had made so many years ago. We were not satisfied with all of the footprints left by a thousand tourists on every dune face we could see. Our solution was to walk even further into the sandy wilderness. A mile in brought us an amazing experience: a quick and furious desert cloudburst with high winds and sideways rain that pounded us and sent everyone else running for cover. I shielded her and my camera/tripod rig with my long jacket and soon the storm cleared, leaving this beautiful double rainbow directly to the east; God's promise that fear and destruction had been overcome by His blessing to the world. "Something good always happens." - Mark Andrews

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Mark Andrews
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When my 12-year old daughter and I arrived at the Mesquite dunes in Death Valley, we had high hopes of making a classic image like Ansel Adams had made so many years ago. We were not satisfied with all of the footprints left by a thousand tourists on every dune face we could see. Our solution was to walk even further into the sandy wilderness. A mile in brought us an amazing experience: a quick and furious desert cloudburst with high winds and sideways rain that pounded us and sent everyone else running for cover. I shielded her and my camera/tripod rig with my long jacket and soon the storm cleared, leaving this beautiful double rainbow directly to the east; God's promise that fear and destruction had been overcome by His blessing to the world. "Something good always happens." - Mark Andrews