A New Morning, A New Year

2014 is here. Last week we witnessed a glorious dawn in Butte Valley at the southern end of Death Valley National Park in California. This is a very remote area. The mountains of the Panamint range are seen to the east. Not seen (behind me) is the magnificent Striped Butte, one of the park's jewels. Desert dawn, Butte Valley, Death Valley National Park, California

5D Mark III, 70-200L f/2.8 IS II

PS: No saturation sliders were molested in the making of this image. This kind of intense pink is not uncommon in the Mojave Desert.