Galactic Zion 15 images Created 10 Jan 2023
Winter. At elevation. The streams tried to run themselves out before they were caught by the freeze.
Now they will wait for months before running on.
For now, a crackling hard cold makes everything brittle. Branches snap. Rock is colder than ice. The air, though, is purified. Like a lens at night. Stars are larger and more brilliant.
The cosmos are not empty. Space is no vacuum. Uncountable galaxies and stars arch like a dome overhead. This upper shelf of our world where I stand, is now part of that universe. Lights aloft are now stuck, shining in the frozen stream - planets, systems, galaxies, arcing in stellar orbits. Printed in place until spring melt.
Now they will wait for months before running on.
For now, a crackling hard cold makes everything brittle. Branches snap. Rock is colder than ice. The air, though, is purified. Like a lens at night. Stars are larger and more brilliant.
The cosmos are not empty. Space is no vacuum. Uncountable galaxies and stars arch like a dome overhead. This upper shelf of our world where I stand, is now part of that universe. Lights aloft are now stuck, shining in the frozen stream - planets, systems, galaxies, arcing in stellar orbits. Printed in place until spring melt.
