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Fog and Ethanol
I go by this ethanol plant on my way to work, and it’s almost the highlight of the trip.* Over the years, I’ve learned that there are a few days in October and again in April when the morning sun hits the metal structure in a way that turns it into a huge cross. And that on the coldest days of the year, the low sun can make the clouds of steam glow a magnificent bright yellow. And that sometimes there’ll be a train on the long curving track moving continuously, but so slow it’s nearly imperceptible, as the grain is off-loaded.
But until the other day, when it was shrouded in fog, I’d never even turned off the main road to go look more closely at the place.
Hockley County, Texas
photographed 3.16.2017
*I know. That’s kind of pathetic.
Corkscrew and a bird
Usually, cotton gins aren’t right there in the middle of town. But this one is. Who knows why.
But anyway, the auger makes an interesting, undulating corkscrew-shadow on the corrugated metal walls, while one bird looks on. (Trust me on this: there were a lot more birds. It was somewhere approaching horror-movie levels of birds. Good thing for me they are camera shy.)
Levelland, Texas
photographed 3.14.2012
The prevailing themes
In a certain part of town, most of the buildings have to do with agri-industrial uses. And while they are not lovely in a traditional sense, they do catch the light in a certain way late in the afternoon.
At least I think so.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.5.2017
Pool Car
I guess the only thing I like better than a parking garage is a parking garage at night…
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 10.31.2015
Light Wedge
I just don’t think you can beat a nighttime view of a parking garage, with all that light bouncing around and making those cool wedge shapes.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 10.31.2016
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