Ming Tang

Understanding Earth Through Chemistry

Monument Valley, Arizona

The Monument Valley, at the AZ-UT border, has all the characteristics of the historical western US. Desert, wind, crows, Indian tribes…these are the keywords.

Walking on a street in San Juan, after dinner.

It all starts with this symbolic view.

On the beach at night.

Majestic rock pinnacles. Residues after millions of years of erosion and weathering.

San Juan.

More rock pinnacles.

San Juan.

Tree stumps and rock pinnacles.

San Juan.

Rock pinnacles.

San Felipe del Morro Fortress, a 16th-century citadel.

Driving through the rock pinnacles.

San Felipe del Morro Fortress.

More rock pinnacles.

Near San Felipe del Morro Fortress.

Inside the visitor center.

Near San Felipe del Morro Fortress.

A dead tree in the desert.