Positioned on a bridge, he took the photo with a Kodak DC280 digital camera.
The image quickly went viral, which 24 years ago meant that it was forwarded endlessly via email.
That’s a once-in-a-lifetime look there, McColgan shared.
Photo: John McColgan, Bureau of Land Management viaWikimedia Commons(Public domain)
I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
The photo later went on to be named one ofTimes Photographs of the Year for 2000.
At the time, he said that it was all right with him.
I’ve got a stack of eight phone messages today asking about it.
h/t: [PetaPixel]
