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Zapped

Abandoned gas station on old Route 66 in Texola Oklahoma. Predictably enough, Texola is located on the Texas / Oklahoma border.

About the title...as I approached this place to shoot it, I noticed two very thin strands of wire running around the perimeter of the place...obviously electric fencing...or it least it had been in it's earlier life...I mean, who would want to secure this old dump (literally) with an electric fence? Completely convinced there was no risk, I stepped over...

..and as I was straddling it, I discovered that in fact, YES someone would indeed want to secure this place with an electric fence!!!! I quickly completed the fence-stepping-over process...

Anyway...turns out there were a bunch of cows behind this building...and that's why the fence is still on!

One other thing that struck me about this old station is how it looks like it was designed by the same people that make those fold-up cafeteria tables; I mean look at those canopy supports! :-)

Night, 1/2 moon just behind the point of the canopy, sodium vapor lamp (low pressure I believe) back and to camera left. Blue-gelled strobe pops x 3. Major white balance correction performed in PS.

This is another shot that really should be viewed large on black to catch all the detail.

Taken in: United States / Oklahoma / Texola

Taken on: November 19, 2007

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