Mojave Moonlight
A waxing gibbous moon competes for nocturnal illumination along with stars, distant skyglow and the blinding LED signals on BNSF's Needles Subdivison between Daggett and Barstow, California. It's a busy night on the western end of the Transcon, as a westbound approaches in the distance while another waits to proceed.
It's nearly impossible to convey the overwhelming sense of vastness one experiences in the desert at night- even surrounded by the railroad, nearby highways and the distant light pollution of the sprawl leaking out of the cracks in the Los Angeles Basin's mountainous defenses, one feels intensely aware of the insignificance of one's own existence, and the unsettlingly peaceful feeling that brings.
Mojave Moonlight
A waxing gibbous moon competes for nocturnal illumination along with stars, distant skyglow and the blinding LED signals on BNSF's Needles Subdivison between Daggett and Barstow, California. It's a busy night on the western end of the Transcon, as a westbound approaches in the distance while another waits to proceed.
It's nearly impossible to convey the overwhelming sense of vastness one experiences in the desert at night- even surrounded by the railroad, nearby highways and the distant light pollution of the sprawl leaking out of the cracks in the Los Angeles Basin's mountainous defenses, one feels intensely aware of the insignificance of one's own existence, and the unsettlingly peaceful feeling that brings.