Photography Now & Then #138
Just a month from the summer solstice, spring here in Arkansas has settled into a summerlike pattern – warm and humid with a chance of afternoon showers. Highs, though, have been in the 80s, with 90°F here and there. The spring blossoms are almost all gone. Some summer flowers are blooming, but it’s still a tad early for many.
Now: Sunflowers in the garden, west-central Arkansas, May 19, 2018 (Apple iPhone 6s)
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Located just to the northeast of Navajo Point, where this photo was taken and the highest vista on the Grand Canyon’s South Rim, Desert View Watchtower is perched on the rim near the east entrance to the park. The 70-foot (21 m)-high stone building was completed in 1932, was designed by American architect Mary Colter, an employee of the Fred Harvey Company who also created and designed many other buildings in the Grand Canyon vicinity.1
Then: Desert View Watchtower across a side canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, October 8, 2011 (Pentax K-r)
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Photography Now & Then Notes:
- Series Photos
- The Now photo is one that is almost always taken the day of the blog post. In some instances, posts may be backdated if internet access is not available on the day of the photo or other reasons prevent posting Photography Now and Then.
- The Then photo is usually a randomly selected older photograph from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Photography Now and Then.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
- Reference links were accessed on the date the blog post was published, unless otherwise stated.
- The title convention for Photography Now & Then blog posts evolved early on from one word related to each photo separated by “&” to usually being the first word in the caption description for each photo.
