Photo - Amargosa Opera House and Hotel

The Amargosa Opera House was first built as the Corkill Hall in 1924 by the Pacific Coast Borax Company. It was used as a social hall until 1948 and then abandoned. Marta Becket found the building in 1967, restored it, and turned it into the Amargosa Opera House, which opened on February 10, 1968. She danced and performed there for 45 years. Her last performance was in February 2012. Marta painted the walls so she would have a permanent audience in addition to the real audience who watched her perform.

Amargosa Opera House
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 15.1mm
Exposure: 1/320 second at f/8
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Main entrance to the Amargosa Opera House
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 21.7mm
Exposure: 1/100 seconds at f/5.6
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Amargosa Opera House
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 40.8mm
Exposure: 1.3 seconds at f/5.6
Camera Mode: ISO 800 RAW

Amargosa Opera House
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 15.1mm
Exposure: 1/5 seconds at f/5.6
Camera Mode: ISO 6400 RAW

Amargosa Opera House
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 22.1mm
Exposure: 1/5 second at f/5.6
Camera Mode: ISO 6400 RAW

Amargosa Opera House
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 15.1mm
Exposure: 1.3 seconds at f/5.6
Camera Mode: ISO 800 RAW

Amargosa Opera House
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 15.1mm
Exposure: 1/5 second at f/5.6
Camera Mode: ISO 6400 RAW

Amargosa Hotel
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 15.1mm
Exposure: 1/60 second at f/8
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Amargosa Hotel
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 15.1mm
Exposure: 1/80 second at f/8
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Amargosa Hotel
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 17.5mm
Exposure: 1/30 second at f/8
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Amargosa Hotel
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 17.0mm
Exposure: 1/100 second at f/8
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Amargosa Hotel
Lens: Internal 15.1-60.4 mm, set to 18.6mm
Exposure: 1/640 second at f/8
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Photographer: Rick Scott
Date: March 13, 2013
Camera: Canon PowerShot G1 X digital camera
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 for raw conversion and image processing