Photographs of the interiors reveal an open-plan living space around a central core furnished by a trove of mid-century design pieces in mint condition, such as an Eames Lounge Chair and several “bowtie” wall sconces, set against the surrounding landscape that infiltrates the space through the floor-to-ceiling glazing. The desert itself has prevented the 1960's aesthetic from becoming outmoded or quaint by enveloping it in a geological time-capsule where time is no longer measured in days or years but in eons and eras. Set against the arid scrublands that stretch all the way to distant mountain ranges and bathed in the ever changing sunlight that ranges from the sharpness of high noon to the mellowness of dusk, Gerber’s images capture the Volcano House in all its languorous, timeless glory, as both a retreat from the dessert's hostility and an observatory of its wonders.