Abandoned Mine Ruin with Carts in Idaho in beneath a broken stone arch in Idaho

Abandoned Mine Ruin with Carts in Idaho

by Matias Quinn

Copper-toned light spills across a fractured stone archway, framing rusted ore carts half-buried in gray tailings. Late autumn leaves rest on the skeletal branches of shrubs pushing through the gravel, their muted browns and ochres matching the decaying metal. Heavy, dramatic clouds stack along the horizon, their undersides darkening as the sun dips below the ridge. The stone arch, weathered and pitted, casts deep shadows that stretch across the pile of waste rock. A jagged piece of iron lies half-submerged in the debris, its surface flaking into orange dust. The tailings shift in texture from coarse gravel to fine, powdery silt near the cart wheels. One crack runs vertically through the arch's keystone, filled with dried moss.

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Camera Olympus OM-2*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Olympus OM-2 photos, grab one online.
Focal Length 105mm
Aperture f/2.5
Shutter Speed 1/500
ISO 50
Film Fuji Pro 400H softness
Location beneath a broken stone arch in Idaho
Date 1992-07-21
Credit VEETER
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