A Distant Gold Mine by UVDan
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Here is a shot of an open strip gold mine that is adjacent to the Apache Trail. This is a local road that traverses between tourist destinations. There are still several mines operating on both sides of the road as you drive into the Sonoran Desert outside of Apache Junction, Arizona.

Comments (20)
Nice and there is a sense of movement in this piece, or maybe my minds eye wants to see heatwaves Excellent capture once again
Soooooooooooooooooooo beautiful shot ! I love it !
the trouble with those mines are all the pollutants left behind beautiful desert-scape
That's in the middle of nowhere!
wonderful looking
Great shot. It's fascinating the things you can find out in the desert.
Thanks everyone. ronmolina it is only a couple miles out of town on a busily traveled road.
Very nice shot and in zoom you can more clearly see all the saguero cacti, nice!
very nice shot
Cool capture and motif, Dan. An interesting piece of history to this place.
Wonderful capture / picture !
Thanks folks.
Great view!! :o)
Thanks.
A real treat to look at, Dan! This is just fabulous! I can only imagine how sacred and special this place is and how much I would like to walk these lands! Excellent capture of this!
Thanks.
Spectacular landscape my friend, amazing work!
Thanks.
Beautifully captured!
Thank you.