Image © Will Pearson.
I travelled to Salvation Mountain. Having got lost on the way, I stopped in a back street in Niland and asked a young woman the way. She gave me perfect directions and said ‘Say “Hi” to Leonard for me.’ Everybody knows Leonard Knight.
Another in my series of American panoramas, these virtual tours are from Death Valley National Park in California.
© Will Pearson 2008
The Devil’s Cornfield Virtual Tour
The Devil’s Cornfield in Death Valley at dusk.
Image © Will Pearson 2008
I have been working on the series of virtual tours and panoramas from my trips to the USA over the last year, and I’ll be adding some to the site over the next few days.
This shot is of a caravan I came across in the desert outside the ghost town of Bodie, California. It has seen some action – it looks like it has been used for shooting practice, and has been set alight at least once too. However, it’s holding out against the assaults for now.
Please click the link to see the abandoned caravan virtual tours.
All images © Will Pearson.
Whilst in California I visited the Burning Man Festival in Nevada – an event which is almost impossible to describe. Black Rock City is an entirely temporary city which springs up for a week for the Burning Man festival, and then vanishes, leaving no trace on the hard dust bed of the desert (the playa). The rule of the festival is that there are no spectators, everyone must participate, whether that’s though incredible constructions, outlandish costumes or performance skills – this creates a unique ‘anything goes’ atmosphere. This effect is increased by the other rule – no money must change hands; everyone tries to help out everyone else. And despite this sounding unworkable, it in fact works beautifully (though there were some tricky moments when my companion was asked to ‘drop’ certain items of clothing as ‘collateral’ to borrow a pen!).
This panorama shows the city seen from the desert side – you can see more panoramas of Burning Man and Black Rock City in my portfolio.
Please click the link to be taken to the Burning Man 360 photography.