A short drive to Kodachrome Basin State Park. I'm in the campground host site next to the entrance building. It was the only site left with electricity, and while I might not need it, having dropped about 2000', last night at Bryce it his 34°F and I was glad I had the electric heater (and I did plug in the electric blanket!). The gas furnace works fine at keeping the trailer warm, even at 20°F, but it is noisy.
After setting up the trailer I drove out to Chimney Rock and Shakespeare Arch. I've been to both last year, but it was worth another visit to each. I love the photo they have of the arch on the sign at the parking area, but I sure don't know where they took it from. Well, actually I can figure it out, but it is from an area you are not allowed to walk in. In any case I got a few photos with blue skies rather than mountains behind it. I also took a few tree photos. If you look close, you can find the moon over the branches on one of them.
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After going back to the trailer I decided to find a grocery store to buy some bottles of iced tea & something for dinner. I stopped at the Mossy Cave & Waterfall on UT 12, part of Bryce Canyon National Park & added some photos. Since there is no cell coverage at Kodachrome Basin State Park I stopped by Ruby's where there is a strong Verizon signal to post this page. If I shoot more photos (and I plan to) I'll have to wait until tomorrow to add them.
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Took a walk along the Panorama Trail & the Grand Parade Trails around 7:00PM - great color feom the setting sun. With the exception of the entrance station, my site gets pretty dark - I took a couple more star photos, and finally managed to get a couple of images that included the Milky Way. I also used a technique called "painting with light" - a flashlight to illuminate my trailer under the stars. The star circle image is a 58 minute exposure.
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Kodachrome Basin State Park, UT |
Kodachrome Basin State Park, UT |
Kodachrome Basin State Park, UT |
Kodachrome Basin State Park, UT |
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Stars at Kodachrome Basin |
Stars at Kodachrome Basin |
Stars at Kodachrome Basin |
Stars at Kodachrome Basin |
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Stars at Kodachrome Basin |
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October 14, 2012