A Chorus of Pure Light

Artwork ID# 2306-41633-22

Representing the very moment the camera shutter opened its eye, this is a virtual mirror image of what I beheld. The sunrise had matured just enough to allow the sun to surmount the distant horizon and project the very first light to illuminate the scene above.
The brightest columns in the foreground and the more distant white hoodoos are glowing as if they were candles. Most of the hoodoo forms we see from this viewpoint are in the shaded light of the bright overhead skylight. The glowing candle parts of the image are illuminated by the light reflecting back off the hoodoos in front of them.

Utahthe Grand StaircaseBryce Canyon National ParkBryce Amphitheaterhoodoossunrise

From Wilderness Series Archive - "An ARCHIVE of every WILDERNESS SERIES image"