Moonrise at Castle Butte, Valley of the Gods Size:24x36 the city glowing in layers

the city glowing in layers beneath you while the desert disappears into the dark

What drew me in was the symmetry

That quiet collision between human ambition and geological time is part of what makes this region so compelling

Horseshoe Bend is a dramatic meander of the Colorado River carved into Navajo Sandstone over millions of years

Moonrise at Castle Butte, Valley of the Gods Size:24x36 the city glowing in layersValley of the Gods, Utah This photograph was made near the Castle Butte in the Valley of the Gods, and it came from a single frame pulled from a time lapse sequence. It was never intended to be a complex composite or a heavily engineered night image. The moment simply worked on its own. The bright glow on the left horizon and the soft illumination across the desert floor come from a moonrise, captured just as the moon crested the horizon. That natural