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Light shines through skylights into dusty Mojave Lava Tube

I was walking through Mojave Lava Tube and stopped to let a group of Boy Scouts pass me as they exited the lava tube. Their footsteps caused a lot of dust to waft about the lava tube, and that's when I noticed the suspended dust was causing the tube's famous shafts of light to glow.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2022
Date Uploaded: 09.2023
Photo Location: California, United States of America
Camera: iPhone XS
Copyright: © SCOTT KELLEY