Devil's Corral Nightscape

The abandoned Devil's Corral Bridge and rebuilt railroad trestle over the Susan River way early on a late March morning. The bridge, on the old Highway 36...
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The abandoned Devil's Corral Bridge and rebuilt railroad trestle over the Susan River way early on a late March morning. The bridge, on the old Highway 36, was completed in 1923 at a cost of a whopping $40,000, and provided the final link in the highway between Susanville and Westwood (California, USA). I'm not sure when it was abandoned but it's been crumbling for as long as I can remember.
Many local folks will remember a time when the railroad trestle in the background was about half gone, leaving a bit of a "bridge to nowhere" for many years. It's now been rebuilt and serves as part of the Bizz Johnson Trail, a part of the "Rails to Trails" program where abandoned railroad grades serve as recreational trails.

I hope someone enjoys this image as it took significant effort to create. My initial plan was to let the 84% waxing gibbous moon do most of the lighting for me, let it set, then shoot the galactic core in the remaining half hour or so of "astro-darkness." However, once on site, I realized the moon was already a bit too low to the hills and forest and probably not at a great angle anyway. Fortunately, I had time to implement Plan B and spent about an hour "light painting" the scene with my trusty flashlight.
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