Photograph by @JohnStanmeyer
Massive round rocks, many three meters or larger, strewed across the steppes of western Kazakhstan in the Mangystau region near the village of Shetpe. These large spherical stones were likely formed by the currents of ancient seas that once covered this vast region. (FYI, no, swirly things do not appear around these spherical shaped rocks. That is tripy Matter app.
I am publishing the making of this National Geographic story on my #Snapchat account @stanmeyer, sharing short films of the making of this story for Nat Geo.
Additionally, @anushbabajanyan is turning the wheels heavily with social media over on the National Geographic Snapchat account, @natgeo, creating a very unique videos of behind the scene vignettes of of me working on this project.
Follow both Snapchat accounts for a deeply layered social media experience of how National Geographic stories are created.
Be sure to also follow my IG account @JohnStanmeyer for photos from the steppes of Kazakhstan.
All my best,
John Stanmeyer
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