The circumstances surrounding this image were bizarre, to say the least. We were photographing in Arches just as the sun was going below the horizon. The entire ground turned purplish gold, and at that moment a rain shower erupted in front of us. The falling rain reflects the light of the setting sun, creating what seemed like a mirage, or a scene out of a biblical movie. Using the red butte at right as a counterpoint to the burst of golden rain, this is as close as I’ve ever come to photographing a supernatural event. It is a graphic example of the power of light to utterly transform a landscape.