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Kelso Dunes
It's one of the most-photographed settings in the Mojave National Preserve: the famous "singing" Kelso Dunes, built of sand blown in by west winds from the Mojave River's sink at Soda Lake. They're called "singing dunes" because if you walk along the crest just right when the relative humidity is also just right, your footsteps will send small avalanches of sand down the dune faces, making a booming sound.
As it turns out, this scenic spot is also one of the most accessible places in the big patch of very dark skies that extends southward to Rice and Midland.
Blowing sand, as most seasoned stargazers know, does not play nicely with expensive optics. If you're armed with a pair of binoculars, you can probably risk heading to the top of the dunes for a nice 360-degree view of the sky. Those with more delicate (and heavier) hardware might prefer sticking to the wide spot along Kelso Dunes road that serves as a parking lot and casual campground for self-contained campers. That decision brings an advantage: the dunes will block the tiny little light dome from tiny little Baker, California, and the somewhat bigger one from not-so-tiny Las Vegas. |
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