White Sands National Monument by Night

This is night shot of a Yucca plant shown up against one of the dunes, above which the constellation Orion slowly sets in the west.  This particular Yucca variety is called Sotol.  It grows a really tall stalk, and the stalk itself is stiff and hard like a branch from a tree. I saw people selling decorated walking sticks made from this stalk.  I made this photograph at our campsite which was surrounded by dunes.  It was really dark at night in the dunes, and so this photograph was taken at ISO 10,000 with a 30 second exposure!