Ancient boulders litter the fields atop Spruce Knob, West Virginia's highest point, the Milky Way and stars rising above them.

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Ancient boulders litter the fields atop Spruce Knob, West Virginia's highest point. These two monolithic remnants of old Earth sit beneath the even older Milky Way, whose light represents a far distant past and possible futures, while a faint glow exists between the two worlds, melding the past, present and futures of this infinite cosmic timeline.

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Location: Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, Riverton, WV, United States
Photo credit: © Jesse Thornton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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