LONG EXPOSURE PHOTOS TRANSFORMS ROCK CLIMBING PATHS INTO BURSTS OF COLOUR

Rainbows made by Luke Rasmussen, also known as PhLuke Photos, light up the desert at night. His skilful combination of rock climbing and amazing long-exposure photography allows him to create colour trails that extend up the sides of towering formations. To accomplish this, Rasmussen straps LED lights to his body and then leaves his camera's shutter open. Then, he moves swiftly up and down the selected rock. Rasmussen said on Reddit, "I have to climb as fast as possible to get the right 'flowy' look that I'm going for." The final effect gives the impression that a ball of energy is briefly vibrating across the landscape.

Rasmussen has been climbing ever since we last spoke with him, and he has ventured outside of Nevada to get some incredible long-exposure photographs. His most recent collaboration was on an amazing photo of the Fisher Towers near Moab, Utah, for the Lumix camera brand. "To achieve the desired result, I utilised the Lumix's Live View Composition mode, which combines multiple exposures in-camera to create a single final image," he posted on Instagram. By doing this, a large portion of the guesswork involved in modifying the settings for long-exposure photos is eliminated. And I was glad to have that guesswork gone on this particular night. 

It turns out that August in the desert can get pretty hot, even at midnight. And that wearing a sweatshirt with a lot of bright lights makes it even hotter.