Mission Beach lies directly below one of the San Diego airport's flight paths. I made this picture just after sunset. While the sun itself has dropped below the horizon, the overhead clouds still reflect its golden light. This cloud resembles an out-of-scale symbolic hand, reaching out to seemingly grab this passing plane. Because the plane is very small, we see the cloud first. And when we notice that the cloud holds a plane within its grasp, the image tells the story of how insignificant man and his machines become when they are compared to the work of nature itself.