In the dark, under a starry sky and a waning moon, Todd and I drove up the side of Kimball Mountain, one of the last large peaks on the westernmost slope of the Rockies.
In Jacob van Ruisdael's captivating "View of Haarlem" (c. 1670-75), a totally flat, almost totally dark landscape lies under a canvas that is two-thirds billowing, sky-broken clouds.