Occupation of Independence

 Normally I don't post sunset photos on my blog.  But I do like to look at mountains that are getting more red sunset-light than usual.  I stepped outside my camper's door to see this: Very pleasing.  Only then did I turn to the west to see this: It was quite a shock, enough to make me break my own rule about not putting sunset photos on this blog.  Let it be known that no AI or even editing software was used.   Since AI can take a pile of dog crap and make it look like a beautiful sunset, will the world simply abandon sunset photos?  It might as well.  So that photo is my last hurrah.  Perhaps photography will begin to die when everything seems fake. Will You Tube find a way to filter out -- or at least label -- AI videos?  I find myself steering clear of certain types of videos because they are obviously fake.  But it won't be so easy for You Tube to clarify the issue.  When does mere photo editing software become AI?...