Moonrise at Castle Butte, Valley of the Gods Size:30x45 bentonite hills streaked with color

bentonite hills streaked with color

The sky was captured later that same night during peak airglow activity

You’re never really photographing a fixed subject

drawn toward the sound of moving water

Moonrise at Castle Butte, Valley of the Gods Size:30x45 bentonite hills streaked with colorValley 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