Gallery: Using a Laser as the World's Most Powerful Paintbrush
01Light Echoes
*Light Echoes* is a series of long-exposure photos taken while a laser shot a series of images from a slow-moving rig onto a train-track terrain.
02Light Echoes 2
One of the *Light Echoes* photographs.
03Light Echoes 3
One of the *Light Echoes* photographs.
04Light Echoes 4
One of the *Light Echoes* photographs.
05Light Echoes 5
One of the *Light Echoes* photographs.
06Light Echoes 6
One of the *Light Echoes* photographs.
07Light Echoes 7
One of the *Light Echoes* photographs.
08Light Echoes 8
One of the *Light Echoes* photographs.
Image: CDC09Canyon Laser Test
An image Ben Tricklebank captured during his laser test in the canyons of Southern California. (Note the silhouette of his car.)
10Making of Light Echoes
A behind-the-scenes image from the making of *Light Echoes*.
11Making of Light Echoes 2
Koblin (center) checks out his laser-on-the-tracks setup.
12Making of Light Echoes 3
The laser used for *Light Echoes* projected its images from a massive boom lift attached to a train-track rig.
13Making of Light Echoes 4
The laser used for *Light Echoes* essentially printed images onto the landscape beneath it.
14Making of Light Echoes 5
Andy Wilkinson of the Fillmore and Western Railway Company welds up the rig the *Light Echoes* crew used to project their laser images.
