23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
The Silent Highway

A lone car travels through an otherworldly landscape of sweeping jet-black terrain pitted with a series of conical hollows, like the thumbprints of a mythical giant pressed into the dark earth. But get a little closer, and in the right season, each crater reveals a grapevine at its heart.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2025
Date Uploaded: 12.2025
Photo Location: Spain
Camera: FC3411
Copyright: © Uku Sööt