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Morongo Basin California abandoned church 2023

This was shot at sunrise. The angle of the church building makes light from the sunrise illuminate it every morning. As you drive by it visually pops out from the surrounding buildings. As the sun rises and its angle changes, the church blends into the surrounding buildings. I've been meaning to shoot the place for a while. This is another example of why I like a 14mm lens.

 

I think this church is abandoned because about half of the windows are boarded up. It has a nice, new air conditioner.

 

...Europeans find it very strange, this whole double standard where you go to church on Sunday and then don't tell people you went to the Cheetah [strip club] last night.

— Peter Bitzek

 

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Journalism Grade Image.

 

Source: cropped from a 2,800x4,200 16-bit TIF file.

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Uploaded on January 18, 2023
Taken on January 18, 2023