Before leaving Memphis, I took a stroll through Tom Lee Park. The park is located on the riverbank of the Mississippi River, between the I-40 and I-55 bridges. Here’s the I-40 bridge, known as the Hernando de Soto Bridge: And here’s the I-55 bridge, known as the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge: The pyramid is a bit east …

The sun sets on the I-30, from Austin to Texarkana. And the moon rises, in brilliant orange. That’s the real color of the moon. The white balance is set correctly: note the lit sign on the ground. I needed an exposure of half a second to shoot the moon (ha ha), so I pulled into a small truck stop and wandered around …

Soaptree yucca plants in White Sands National Monument.

Some plants at a rest stop in AZ.

There were tons of cacti in Arizona, and they look exactly how you’d imagine them from the movies. Except I didn’t expect a whole field of them.