Gondola Above Corduroy Snow in Morning Mist in beside a lift tower above corduroy snow near Queenstown

Gondola Above Corduroy Snow in Morning Mist

by Melody Shepard

Thick white mist swallows the valley floor, leaving only the steel lattice of a lift tower visible against the pale dawn sky. A dark gondola cabin hangs suspended from the cable, its windows reflecting the flat gray light. Below, the snow surface displays a rhythmic corduroy texture carved by grooming machines, stretching toward the obscured horizon. The metal cables stretch taut across the frame, cutting through the fog. Frost coats the lower edges of the cabin, and the tower's base disappears into the white haze. One rivet on the gondola's undercarriage catches the faint ambient glow.

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Focal Length 210mm
Aperture f/5.6
Shutter Speed 1/250
ISO 800
Film processed in DxO PhotoLab
Location beside a lift tower above corduroy snow near Queenstown
Date 1953-02-15
Credit VEETER
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