Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

5The Scale of Time

Light Inside Rock

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Follow the view from the canyon opening towards a shaft of light, then to the rock beside a narrow gap. The light takes up only a small patch, yet it is what makes the weight of the stone around it visible. Stay with it for a moment.

  1. Curved orange sandstone walls fold around a bright opening in a narrow canyon.
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    Orange rock in a canyon

  1. A bright shaft of light cuts diagonally through close orange sandstone walls.
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    Light inside a canyon

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  2. A bright opening curves between dark red canyon walls, illuminating their layered edges.
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    A beam between rock walls

  1. A shaft of light descends between twisting orange canyon walls.
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    Light between twisting walls

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  1. Soft light picks out rippled sandstone walls beneath a narrow opening.
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    Light on rippled sandstone

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  2. A narrow strip of bright sky twists between dark orange canyon walls, with a shaft of light crossing the gap.
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    Sunlight in a narrow canyon

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