Moonrise at Castle Butte, Valley of the Gods Size:24x36 The Superstition Mountains are a

The Superstition Mountains are a rugged volcanic range east of Phoenix

and the drop is immediate

This photograph was made at sunset along the Rio Grande

often growing at steep angles as the sand slowly migrates beneath them

and alignment present in the moment it was made

Moonrise at Castle Butte, Valley of the Gods Size:24x36 The Superstition Mountains are aValley 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