You know me... Couldn't resist the attempt at enhancement haha.. Did my usual in RT plus a touch of velvia emulation then ran it through nik-cfx for tonal contrast...

Interesting wind shear on the right.

Super-intense sky colour - any enhancement? I know deserts can put on dramatic sky shows - this one certainly couldn't be ignored.

What a sky! Superb.

Loving the drama on offer here, light and shadow working perfectly with the jagged rock forms and all playing beautifully off that sky.

I think they were more distracting when it was a brighter exposure. Pixel mapping would be an option if I cared enough. I'm only mentioning it because it seems to have gotten worse... For future times, if it were to become an issue (unlikely at my rate considering how I never print anything or do anything with my shots at high res), I'd just do some cloning/healing wherever necessary in the image.

thank you for the term! Hope will be excited when I talk to her about it.

I did use some dehazing tool in RT that helped some. I would guess it's not going to help much more than this but maybe.

Is the path. Another 10 or 15 to the top or so from here...

Nice framing of the city between the 2 rocky ridges. I like the sky.