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MOST awesome site Motts! Thanks for the new gallery!

Cannot help but think of a roller rink from the 70's, possibly a pizza place. In addition to Brutalism we had some other funky modernish architecture. Ny parents still go to the church that was the McDonald's in Sleeper. I have tried to get to the Sleeper house but they have had a guard. You can clearly see it on interstate 70 west of Denver.

Seems to me that bulb is entirely supported by a metal frame independent of the building. Something about the story does not ring true.

Yay new gallery!!!

OK wallpaper added, thanks!

This is in reply to Lynne's comment although I do realize it is several years after. Maybe it will be seen if people are like me and regularly visit this site to look over old galleries. I agree with most of what you say, but at the same time I have to put my two cents in and say that perhaps the reason why people don't report stuff, even anonymously, is maybe because they don't want to have to deal with the after effects. I didn't work in a health care environment, but in retail at the time and I reported things that I saw someone doing that I felt was wrong. Basically theft. Well, I was labeled the "whistle blower" and my life was hell afterwards. Granted this wasn't a situation of people being harmed or abused, but the principle is the same. The company ended up firing the one who was doing the dirt, but I had to live with it after and continue to work there, and let me tell you it was extremely uncomfortable. I felt as though they did not trust ME even though I was the one doing the "snitching". So perhaps the reason WHY people don't report abuse is because they don't want to have to deal with the aftermath of being called a whistle blower and being treated worse than the person doing the crime. This is just my opinion because I lived through it, but I'll tell you, if I had to do it over I would have kept my big fat mouth SHUT.

I think it is a moistening machine for packing tape.

The first one is always the toughest and will usually require two or more test exposures until you can dial it in. A full moon on a clear night near a urban area, provided you're in a dark place, is usually in the 4-6 minute range with a low ISO and mid-range f-stop. With less light pollution in rural places I find it can go anywhere beyond that, depending on how long you want the star trails to be; out there, it's tougher to overexpose, so best to go a little longer.

Autoguy you bring up a point I neglected and that was that you have to have the means to keep up the property and taxes, but my point was give people a break, especially those on minimum wage. It just seems to me that there are way too many homeless people in this country that could benefit from something like this instead of just letting the property rot and be vandalized.

How do you decide how long to expose a shot? That's what I've always had trouble with, I either expose it too short or way too long.

@ flushed - your comments intrigue me and I would love to hear more of your experiences. Feel free to write to me if you want to, I'm a great listener.

I was there 1979-80. bought cigs at the B-store, they had a huge ass roller skating rink, Golf course, all the amenities of a first class mental hospital.

Could it be possible that the cage was at one time covering the entrance the bridge leads too. As the fence and grates on the lower level windows block lower level access?

And question answered!

This is what fascinates me the most about abandoned exploration and visiting old grave sites specifically. It's the human touch.

Who were these people who are gone? What was their story? Where are their descendants today?

There have to be records of this individual somewhere if his/her name was on the marker with a birth and death date.