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Visitors watching from the viewing platform, May 2009: photograph

PhotographCC BY 2.09 May 2009, 22:35Copy of Visitors watching from the viewing platform, May 2009
Visitors watching from the viewing platform, May 2009: photograph
Visitors watching from the viewing platform, May 2009: photograph

Night photograph by Jon Hanson from the red-lit platform of the Marfa Lights Viewing Area: visitors at the wall, power lines, and a single light on the dark horizon.

Jon Hanson, 2009. CC BY 2.0

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PhotographJon Hanson · commons.wikimedia.org · 2009-05-09 · CC BY 2.01 step from the original

Where it was made

San AntonioCiudad JuárezOdessaSan AngeloNuevo Casas GrandesDel RioOjinaga1Marfa Lights Viewing Area200 kmCiudad JuárezChihuahuaPiedras NegrasAbilene1200 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Visitors watching from the viewing platform, May 2009: photograph [Copy CPY0DCNZ9ZBFACY]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0DCNZ9ZBFACY
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