The Picnic Area at the End of the Universe

Tremendous image! I’ve been there and this is astonishing to me that water could be there at all, let alone stand long enough for this view. You had a marvelous stroke of luck to be there at exactly the right time and did a great job with your capture!

16 January 14th, 2007

eqqman

It was more than a stroke of luck. Most of the road into the park was closed down because of flooding, so the admission fee was waived for anyone going in. You could drive in to a point, and then had to walk the rest of the way. I asked one of the rangers how often they get rain like this, and he said, “we don’t.”

17 January 23rd, 2007

cobalt123

I included your lovely image in a mini poster set I made today, and there is a link back to you, here: flickr.com/photos/cobalt/366555554/

Thanks for sharing your photos on flickr!

18 April 5th, 2007

okkyn

..well photograph worth the the view too, landed from outer space!

19 April 5th, 2007

eqqman

indeed

20 April 10th, 2007

raspberrytart

What a great photo. It’s not often that White Sand sis flooded, so you certainly got a once-in-a-long-time photo!

— Seen in your The American Southwest set. (?)

21 April 10th, 2007

eqqman

Yeah, I believe the park ranger said the amount of rainfall they had right before I took this shot was more than they had in the past five years.

22 April 28th, 2007

Glen’s Pics

Hi, I’m an admin for a group called White Sands National Monument NM, and we’d love to have your photo added to the group.

23 May 5th, 2007

L Stegall

That is a fantastic image! It was so windy when I was there a few weeks ago that I was unsuccessful in shooting these picnic “space ships” the way I wanted. I love this! I wish those trash cans weren’t right behind the silver ships, but there’s really no way around that.

24 June 1st, 2007