I didn't think I was going to get this image made as there was a thick layer of clouds that stubbornly refused to clear. I was ready to give up when I thought, what the heck, I'm here so maybe it’ll clear by the time I hike to the shooting spot, and luckily it did. In fact you can see the last remnants of the departing clouds in the middle right portion of the photo.
The image reminds me of a scene you might find on the surface of Mars because of the reddish, alien like landscape below the rising Miky Way core. I was able to capture the scene in a single 10 second exposure because of the light cast on the ground from a 30% crescent moon. The photo was also selected as "Best of Show" in the 2024 Dalh Mountain Photo Exhibition in Rapid City. One of my favorite photographs.
Location: Badlands National Park, 2023
I didn't think I was going to get this image made as there was a thick layer of clouds that stubbornly refused to clear. I was ready to give up when I thought, what the heck, I'm here so maybe it’ll clear by the time I hike to the shooting spot, and luckily it did. In fact you can see the last remnants of the departing clouds in the middle right portion of the photo.
The image reminds me of a scene you might find on the surface of Mars because of the reddish, alien like landscape below the rising Miky Way core. I was able to capture the scene in a single 10 second exposure because of the light cast on the ground from a 30% crescent moon. The photo was also selected as "Best of Show" in the 2024 Dalh Mountain Photo Exhibition in Rapid City. One of my favorite photographs.
Location: Badlands National Park, 2023
