Series 01

Standing water, borrowed light

Tufa towers are what is left when fresh springs meet an alkaline lake and the water goes away. They were built underwater. They only stand in air because the lake was drained to fill a city three hundred miles south.

LocationMono Lake, California

Made2021 – 2023

FramesEight

Lenticular over the south tufa

Plate 01 · Lenticular over the south tufaMono Lake, California

Two towers, the core between them — Plate 02 · Two towers, the core between them

One tower, airglow — Plate 03 · One tower, airglow

Star clouds above the tufa — Plate 04 · Star clouds above the tufa

Orion over the spires — Plate 05 · Orion over the spires

Dusk, south tufa — Plate 06 · Dusk, south tufa

Shoreline, no moon — Plate 07 · Shoreline, no moon

Orion without a horizon — Plate 08 · Orion without a horizon