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Title assigned based on a copy at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University (JLS.19735). The title label for this image is affixed to a neighboring image (of Loya, the Sentinel, reflected.) A black-and-white landscape photograph captures a perfectly still body of water reflecting a mountain and a dense forest. In the foreground, a dark, rocky shoreline features sparse, spindly wildflowers and low-lying plants. The middle ground is dominated by the glass-like surface of the lake, which creates a symmetrical, inverted reflection of the scenery above. On the far side of the water, a thick line of coniferous and deciduous trees stretches across the horizontal center of the frame. Rising sharply behind the trees on the right side is a massive, sheer rock face that slopes downward toward the center. The sky is a pale, uniform gray, mirrored exactly in the lower half of the composition. In the bottom right corner of the photograph, the word "HELIOS" is printed in small, stylized white capital letters. The entire image is bordered by a thin black line and set against a light-colored rectangular mount with visible mounting pinholes in the upper corners. Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, February 2026 .
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