This photograph was not taken on Mars, nor was it manipulated in any way in Photoshop.
It is essentially a straight record of one of the most remarkable photographic locations on the planet –
Deadvlei, Namibia.
The red sand of the Namib desert , as seen in the dune rising in the background, has a very high iron content,
and this was accentuated by the warm light of the rising sun.
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Michael Reichmann is the founder of the Luminous Landscape. Michael passed away in May 2016. Since its inception in 1999 LuLa has become the world's largest site devoted to the art, craft, and technology of photography. Each month more than one million people from every country on the globe visit LuLa.
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