Desert mirage (or hallucination)?
I don't often see exotic dancers in gold lamé and diaphanous gowns on the trails I hike, but when I do it's usually on the very dangerous desert trails. Or, maybe it was a mirage. Or hallucination.
How do I know they were exotic dancers? I saw them later, at sunset, two dunes over from me. Dancing. With a camera on a tripod. Very cool.
Alkali Flat Trail
Chihuahuan Desert
White Sands National Monument
New Mexico
The dancers at the Alkali Flat trailhead
Trailhead warnings
Alkali Flat and White Sands dunes
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You've been away from home a little too long this time 
At any rate awesome photography. I see you still take what you're doing seriously, same as you did all those years ago, huh. 
Hallucinations.
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