Photo Of The Day: Celestial Palace By Thomas Piekunka

Photo By Thomas Piekunka

Today’s Photo Of The Day is Celestial Palace by Thomas Piekunka. Location: Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.

“This is a composite panorama of Cliff Palace ruins photographed at night,” says Piekunka.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published January 9, 2017

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