I drove to Southern California’s Yuha Desert to photograph the first full moon of 2014 last night.   The Yuha has been one of my favorite places to gather fossils, observe plants, animals, historical artifacts, celestial phenomena, and develop my light installations since 2001.   Yesterday’s experience was like going home to a place I had forgotten was home.

I had so much fun riding my bike  that I almost missed the moon rise altogether!

In fact, my moon images weren’t so hot.  I used my Nikon 75 – 300 and focus was off, which was a bummer.    Turning around the other direction I had a nice example of crepuscular rays shaped by the Cuyamaca Mountains.