A portion of The Last Supper sculpture by Albert Szukalski. It is located in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada. The sculpture is part of the Goldwell Open Air Museum. Szukalski used plaster-soaked burlap draped over live models to create the sculpture.
High Desert
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May 18
A Look Back—Rhyolite Sculpture
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Apr 18
A Look Back—Red Rock Moon
The light was already harsh, but I couldn’t neglect this angle with the moon. From a camping trip to Death Valley in January, 2009. Taken at Red Rock State Park, California. Taken with the 70-200mm telephoto lens.
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Feb 15
Road Trip–Abandoned House
Making a living in central Oregon has always been a challenge. Here is a house, long abandoned, along Oregon’s Highway 207.
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Jan 15
Road Trip–Painted Hills 5
The colors of the Painted Hills change through the day as the light changes. The colors are particularly rich at sunset, but, alas, these photos were taken in the harsh light of mid-day. I could find no camping nearby because hunting season was just underway. Perhaps I’ll find my way back one day.
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Jan 15
Road Trip–Painted Hills 4
The area was warm and humid when floodplain deposits were laid down. Some of the colored layers are formed from vegetation that grew along the floodplain. There are fossil remains of early camels, rhinoceroses, and horses in the Painted Hills area, as well as the John Day Fossil Beds
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Jan 15
Road Trip–Painted Hills 3
Over millennia, layers of ash were covered by water and became the bottom of a lake bed. Over time, climate change dried the lake, the lake bed was lifted by geologic motion and wind and rain were the agents of erosion. Oxidized minerals in the ancient ash were transformed into the colorful claystone.
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Jan 15
Road Trip–Painted Hills 2
Clouds of ash from volcanic eruptions settled over great parts of central Oregon. Layers of ash, over long periods of time, combined into different mineral compositions forming the bands of color visible today
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Dec 14
Road Trip–Painted Hills
The Central Oregon region is a beautiful combination of rolling hills, volcanic rock formations and wide open spaces. It is lightly populated and offers many area of unique beauty. Near Mitchell, Oregon, are The Painted Hills, one of the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.