Luxor Light, Las Vegas Big Bend rising abruptly from the surrounding

rising abruptly from the surrounding terrain like a sentinel

The desert floor settles into shadow

The landscape remains open

Captured at sunrise as a true single exposure

stretching across the sky in dense bands of star clouds and dark dust lanes

Luxor Light, Las Vegas Big Bend rising abruptly from the surroundingLas Vegas, Nevada Ive spent a lot of time in Las Vegas over the years, and this view from Skyfall is one I keep coming back to. Looking out over the Strip at night, everything feels compressed and intensified, the city glowing in layers beneath you while the desert disappears into the dark. The Luxor beam was already burning straight into the sky when I set up the shot. From this height, it stops feeling like a novelty and starts feeling like an