The southwestern sky above Monument Valley was a brilliant azure; the desert was not a mass of orange-brown glop but grains of sand and pieces of rock; and, inside the pioneers' cabin, details normally hidden in shadow, like drying corn hanging from the ceiling, were clearly visible.
Inland, there are the barren hills of the Sinai desert, brilliant in the morning light, mauve and coral by sunset.
Color options: alabaster white, black, black opal, bordeaux red, brilliant silver, capri blue, desert silver, designo graphite, designo mocha black, designo silver, everest green, granite grey, jade black, midnight blue, obsidian black, pewter, platinum blue, tectite grey.
Particularly good is Guy Pearce, who started out as a juvenile actor in the Melbourne-set soap opera Neighbours before demonstrating his versatility in a succession of films ranging from a drag queen in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to his brilliant turn as the arrogant Edward VIII in The King's Speech.
Color Options: Arctic Silver Metallic, Brilliant Red, Deep Blue Metallic, Desert Silver Metallic, Midnight Black Metallic, Satin Gray Metallic.
This was especially while flying at night, as places such as Las Vegas quickly morph from a near-empty desert to a brilliant metropolises.
Robin Williams' brilliant opening monologue after the Desert Storm invasion, standing just a few feet away from Roy Orbison as he sang "Pretty Woman", working with Dolly Parton and Mary Tyler Moore.
Never did I think I might stare down an active volcano at Bromo, nor float level with the sunrise in a great yellow balloon above Goreme's idiosyncratic landscape, nor cruise through the deserts in the brilliant sunlit days and see stars so raw and bright by night.
Desert Island Discs is a brilliant, compelling paradox.
