Scott Holcomb's photos with the keyword: Meteor Crater

Coming from the outer reaches of the solar system an extraterrestrial body impacted the Colorado Plateau in what is now Northern Arizona about 50,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. The iron meteor created an enormous crater and devastated the surrounding woodlands inhabited by mastodons and other megafauna. Shockwaves traveling through the air and ground effected a large area and enormous amounts of rock and ash were ejected into the atmosphere. A look over the edge of this crater shows the frightening power of such collisions. This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera and Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm lens with a Hoya 67mm Infrared R-72 filter using Konica Infrared 750 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

The effect of events unfolding during the past week have altered the political landscape of my country dramatically. The abrupt change has also left clouds of uncertainty on the horizon. This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and SMC PENTAX 67 1:4 45mm lens with a HOYA HMC 82mm O[G] filter using Rollei RPX 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

The news cycle is full of discoveries of new exoplanets and asteroids, some of them in trans-Neptunian orbits extremely far away from the sun with others orbiting closer to the earth. The study of these objects is important when considering the 'impact' such bodies might have to life on our planet. A sturdy chainlink fence curbs my curiosity as I attempt to get the perfect angle for a photo of one such collision that occurred 50,000 years ago. This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and SMC PENTAX 67 1:4 45mm lens with a HOYA HMC 82mm O[G] filter using Rollei RPX 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

It came from the outer regions of the solar system, reeking havoc and devastation. This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera with a Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm lens and a Hoya 67mm Infrared R-72 filter using Konica Infrared 750 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.