Tunnel to Nowhere

An engineering feat when it was constructed in 1922 on central Arizona's U.S. Highway 60, the Claypool Tunnel pierced a steep, rocky ridge, allowing auto traffic to pass through the formerly-forbidding Queen Canyon. In 1952, a new highway alignment and a new tunnel bypassed the old tunnel. Now the only things that pass through it are soft breezes, dim reflected light, and fading echoes of bygone days.

Date: January 12, 2003
Time: 10:53 a.m. MST
Location: East of Superior, Arizona
Camera: Olympus OM-1 35mm SLR on fixed tripod
Film: Kodak Elite Chrome 100 Extra Color slide
Focal length: 24mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1 second
Scanner: Nikon Coolscan LS-10E