In between the clouds, the sky lit up with tiny bright lights. I took several photos as the clouds rolled through each one different than the last, and all of them revealing a new set of stars.

During the day the arid emptiness holds its secrets. But when evening falls, all is revealed. The change in light reveals colors and textures that you couldn’t see before, and it’s suddenly like a whole new place.

Almost everywhere you looked there was something being made, the hard way. Not for a crowd, not for tourists, because there aren’t any here. These people are doing these things the hard way because that’s the way they’re done – because the craftsmanship matters.

On this day – the light was perfect. It rolled down the red landscape behind me and lit up the clouds above the mittens and put on a spectacular light show.