Heaven's Handiwork

Monument valley is a very sandy place. We followed the road through the towering buttes as far as we could, then started our bush-whack hike around midnight. It was only a half mile or so but seemed like 5 in the fine red sand, like a beach that's hard to walk in. Arriving at my decided position, I stopped to regard my surroundings. Ages ago, this entire area had once been solid rock, now worn away to reveal my stalwart and slender subject. What a privilege it was, to shoot this pinnacle of pinnacles, against the clear and fabulous expanse of the Milky Way.