Much of the Acoma Pueblo was built in the 16th and 17th centuries from materials hand carried up the steep slopes of a 367-foot high mesa. There is no electricity, and those who live here want it that way. The old buildings require maintenance and that is what is happening here. The place is called Sky City, and on this day, its own sky offered both contrails and a "sun dog," a halo caused by ice crystals in the sky. I exposed for that sky with my spot meter, which caused all of the shadow areas in the image to darken, and the man to become a silhouette. We see his active shape in one dimension. As a silhouette, he becomes lonely symbolic figure facing a great challenge, one man who must somehow keep the crumbling world around him from falling apart.