|
|
Doing Battle With the Desert
Photograph by George Steinmetz
|
Gridworks of straw checker the surface of the Tengger Desert dramatically slowing sand movement along the railway from Baotou to Lanzhou.
Before China’s Institute of Desert Research developed this low-tech, low-cost strategy, windblown sand buried sections of track, resulting in serious accidents. Sometimes extending for hundreds of yards on both sides of the line, the straw barriers give desert-adapted plants time to establish themselves and further stabilize the desert’s shifting dunes.
|
Camera:
Nikon 8008
Film Type:
Fujichrome Velvia
Lens:
85mm f1.4
Speed and F-Stop:
1/250 @ f/5.6
|
|
Weather Conditions:
Lifting fog
Time of Day:
An hour and a half after sunrise
Lighting Techniques:
Available light
|
Special Equipment or Comments:
I arrived in this roadless area by motorized paraglider.
|
|
