Mesquite Dunes: the dunes at sunrise after a night of wind erased most of the footprints

Mesquite Dunes – Stovepipe Wells

Day four in Death Valley we left early from Emigrant Campground and headed to the Mesquite dunes before sunrise. Strong winds last night erased hundreds of footprints for fairly untrammeled sand. The sand dunes here are located between the mountains, so the wind just blows the sand in a big eddy and recreates the dunes …