A touch of sunlight

Stovepipe Wells Dunes, Death Valley NP. C & C welcome.

Lighting is very nice John, well titled, the "touches" of sunlight are eye catching. The continual layers from foreground to back ground provide a real sense of depth. I noticed that this a film shot, is the noise, particularly evident in the mountains, the result of the scanning process?

I believe the noise is grain and it is a result of the challenging light, the use of film (remember film?), and the subsequent film scanning process.