flat-topped basalt walls stand receding in five planes distinct planes, each plane separated from the next by a horizontal band of mist with the air above the bands clear — the mist is a layer between the planes rather than a wash over the frame. a braided fall down the far wall. The ground is invisible, lost in the lowest band. one blue hue family alone, from bone white through ice to deep slate, every value in frame drawn from that one cool family, cool and low in chroma throughout. soft diffused overcast, shadowless, every surface lit the same, with one clearly lit band or edge holding the top of the tonal range, the mist bands the only brightness in frame. The pillars dense and detailed, the mist bands completely smooth. The frame empty of people, and the scale left unreadable. Silent and enormous, a place left entirely to itself.