Two apparently antithetical landscapes but strangely similar visually and dynamically. The first%2C at top%2C is at the edge of a hydrothermal area in Yellowstone%2C where water is locked up in its solid state during a spell of deep cold. Frozen%2C the ground is rock hard covered in crystals and %22frost flowers.%22 The second is in the Namib following the rainy season where subsequent hot dry days have sucked all the moisture out of the ground leaving the sands mineral bonded as a richly-textured crusted solid. Photos by Steven Fuller
Two apparently antithetical landscapes but strangely similar visually and dynamically. The first%2C at top%2C is at the edge of a hydrothermal area in Yellowstone%2C where water is locked up in its solid state during a spell of deep cold. Frozen%2C the ground is rock hard covered in crystals and %22frost flowers.%22 The second is in the Namib following the rainy season where subsequent hot dry days have sucked all the moisture out of the ground leaving the sands mineral bonded as a richly-textured crusted solid. Photos by Steven Fuller