Buckshot’s Blog

What an interesting day!  The first 1/2 of the day El Mirage was just like it usually is, hot, windy, and dusty!  After we grabbed a bit to eat and noticed that the sky was getting filled with big dark clouds. When we came back to wait for sunset, a strong wind must have come by and blown all the dust away.  At first we thought the lake bed was wet once we got out into the middle, because we were seeing a reflection on the ground!  (A reflection up close, not a mirage off in the distance), but the lake was bone dry, and completely void of the dust that is usually on top of the hard surface!  The ground must have been so sand-blasted that it was smooth enough to shine a little, it was quite surreal.  You can see the shine in a few of the images here. Also uploaded one real good shot showing the mirage, where the lake bed got it’s name from