Lost America

Belly high with the fisheye, out in the Mojave someplace.  Warm white glow on the metal parts and snooted stronger on the lights.  Red behind the grille, and 2 shades of green backlit on the creosote.  And the full moon.  180-seconds.

1960ish Desoto, parked for almost 40 years, night, deep shade, lit from 2 directions.

Left in the weeds, over the mountain from all the lights, where the fog breaks.  White and blue flashlight.  Extra bonus points if you can name the make and model.

Remote Mojave Desert mountain top miner’s cabin with it’s interior walls insulated with cardboard, packaging and newspapers . . . dating back to the 1920s.  Vandalized, but still a truly remarkable site.  All lit by flashlight at night, in a totally dark room.          

Continuing this week’s apparent obsession with pics of this derelict B-52’s empty engine pylons (and their relationship with Joshua Trees) for no apparent reason except because I loved being there to make ’em. Full moon for 3-minutes, with red, purple and lime from the Protomachine flashlight.

Fisheye close up of one of the empty B-52 engine-pylons (engine #2 of 8), the massive aircraft sits gutted and derelict on the edge of Rogers Dry Lake.  Shot on a more recent visit, September 2016.  Full moon, 3 colors of Protomachine flashlight from many directions, in 88-seconds.

B-52 Engine Pylon, lost and forgotten in the Mojave Desert.  Summer 2014.

Stripped and derelict B-52, on the fringes of Edwards AFB.  Summer 2014.  153-seconds, full moon, the glowing base lights in the distance, and Protomachine flashlight.

Abandoned Quonset hut, near Rosamond, California.  5-minute exposure, full moon and red flashlight.

Meanwhile, back in Baker . . . the Bun Boy restaurant and motel have been closed for 15+ years now, but their sign still towers over Interstate 15’s shoulder. The Blue Cut fire smoked the town out, even though it was over 100 miles away. 108° windy and smoky, pretty awful conditions, but still more fun […]