… graffiti at an abandoned gasoline station in Table Rock, Wyoming, USA.
I-80
the lookout …
abandoned …
… a well-tagged former gas station along Interstate 80 in Table Rock, Wyoming.
Nevada …
If you drive along I-80 in northern Nevada in the USA, this is what you repeatedly see: shadows of clouds on the mountains, virga (rain that doesn’t hit the ground), and isolated farms or resource-extraction sites.
a big sky …
… in southern Wyoming.
the risks of littering …
In Wyoming, the state fines you for littering … and then sends a storm after you.
which way?
experimental?
… at Table Rock, Wyoming.
messages …
… along I-80 in Table Rock, Wyoming.
a lookout …
… in Table Rock, Wyoming.
grafitti …
… along I-80 east of Winnemucca, Nevada.
collision …
… in the sky above I-80 in southern Wyoming. From my 2015 trip, re-edited.
the storm …
Sometimes when you’re driving in the West, you see a thunderstorm. It’s far off, still nascent, an indistinct dark smudge on the horizon perhaps a hundred miles away.
In the East, you don’t see a storm so far ahead. That’s because you can’t see the fullness of the storm until it’s literally over your head. In the East, the sky is smaller — topography, tall buildings, and trees obscure the horizon.
In the West, you keep driving toward that still-small gray mass. You look to the side through the driver’s window and see blue sky dotted with puffy cumulus clouds. You look out the passenger window; you see the same pastoral placidity. There’s psychological comfort in those little white pearls floating in the blue sky beside you. But in front of you?
rumored to be barren …
… but the landscape north of I-80 in northern Nevada isn’t. During spring the desert can be strikingly colorful. When August arrives, however, this will look … dusty and brown.
a spartanic glade …
the lump …
western storm …
Bitter Creek Road …
Posted earlier from my summer road trip. This version employs a few tricks taught to me by Greg Stene to bring out more shadow detail.
truckin’ under a storm …
storm …
Actually, three storms converging. In many places in the West, the entire storm can be seen. Here, driving through south-central Wyoming, I saw five — yes, five — thunderstorms in the sky around me. Out here, the sky is so, so big …
Rawlins, Wyoming …
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