Sunset, Oatman-Topock Highway, Arizona

SEPTEMBER 2003 – The setting sun illuminates the mountain range between Kingman, Arizona, and the Nevada border. Photo © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com


The story behind the image

We entered Arizona when we crossed the Colorado River near Topock and headed north on the Oatman-Topock Highway, towards Kingman, our final destination for the day.

As much as we liked the smooth driving on highway 40, we were looking for a more authentic experience and thought that the ‘real’ highway 66 would be perfect. There was significantly less traffic, which was nice, too. But – the sun had set now, and we were in the middle of the mountain range west of Kingman with countless turns. This used to be gold-diggers country, and it is probably very much like it was 200 years ago – a rural, quiet place.

Kingman was still 45 minutes away but this did not stop me from taking a photo of the mountain range catching the last sunlight of the day.

Needless to say, we were quite happy when we finally reached Kingman.


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The high resolution image

Capture Date10-SEP-2003
LocationArizona, USA
CameraCanon AE-1 Program
Image SourceFuji Slide Film
Digital Image SourceEPSON Perfection 4870 Photo
Digital Image File FormatTIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB
Edited Image FormatJPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB
Edited Image Dimensions6533 x 4250 Pixels
Copyright© by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com

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