Badlands Spire Big Bend The sky often shifts through

The sky often shifts through soft pinks and blues for only a short window

By today’s standards

I could have replaced it with a more dramatic sky from another trip or another year

it felt like the last thing holding on before everything drops into space

named for its three distinct peaks

Badlands Spire Big Bend The sky often shifts throughBisti Badlands, New Mexico, United States This photograph was created in the Bisti Badlands during the final moments before sunset, after spending multiple visits exploring the area for less familiar compositions. While the region is well known for its dramatic terrain, each trip has focused on moving beyond established viewpoints and finding formations that reveal themselves only from specific angles and light conditions. The spire in this image was