Sunrise, The Cosmic Ashtray Big Bend Rocks break loose often here

Rocks break loose often here

captured from front to back to maintain clarity across the cactus pads

it lasted less than thirty seconds

River Road (FM 170)

its three prominent points echoing the pattern below

Sunrise, The Cosmic Ashtray Big Bend Rocks break loose often hereCosmic Ashtray, Utah, United States This photograph was created at the Cosmic Ashtray in southern Utah after a full night spent photographing the Milky Way from the lowest point of the formation. The location is one of my favorite places in the world, not only to photograph, but simply to exist within. Its scale and structure feel completely out of place in the surrounding desert, rising abruptly from the landscape in a way that feels both massive and