Kaleidoscope Earth Mandalas

Mandalas created from photographs of patterns and striking forms discovered in natural geological, botanical, animal, and aquatic environments.

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Evanescence

Not a trace of liquid is left in the parched and curling clay sand; the fleeting water has summarily vanished, leaving the earth desiccated into buckling crisps with an occasional embellishment of dry Cottonwood leaf.

From a photograph of mud cracks on the Rio Grande riverbank, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Photography + Digital Effects

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