Casa Grande Ruins National Monument preserves the history of a four-story structure of mud and wood, the remains of a community of Hohokam people (now called the ancient Sonoran Desert people) who lived here from about 1300 to about 1400. They were master farmers who developed a network of canals to channel water from the Salt and Gila rivers in the arid environment of Arizona.
It took me three trips to finally capture the right light, composition and dramatic clouds over the large building. On my first trip, I scouted around for some fresh compositions, but there was nothing but boring blues skies. On my second trip, there were too many people in my frame. Finally, on my third try I found the perfect composition, but technically it was outside the park's boundary. So I waited until thirty minutes before the park closed (they close an hour before sunset when the best light is available) and when all the tourists had gone home and no park ranger was in sight. I quickly ran out to this spot and composed a couple of frames.
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