NASA Pod Under the Milky Way Size:48x64 fully exposed and distant from

fully exposed and distant from the more traveled areas of the park

they became quiet observers beneath a sky that suddenly felt alive

framed by mountain ranges that rarely get the attention they deserve

from a fixed tripod position

a prickly pear cactus clung to the edge of the overlook

NASA Pod Under the Milky Way Size:48x64 fully exposed and distant fromBig Bend Region, Texas There are nights in Big Bend when the sky takes over completely (most nights actually). The mountains go quiet. The desert floor settles into shadow. And then the Milky Way lifts itself off the horizon and stretches across the basin like something alive. This object, which weve come to call the NASA Pod for obvious reasons, sits abandoned in that vastness. Its nothing more than a cement mixer left behind in a remote corner of