I spent Saturday night (New Moon) perched on a pitch black ledge, shielding my tripod from 15-20 mile winds in hundred degree heat with smoke from forest fires all around. With all the wind, I had to stick with short exposures. I tried a few surface shots, but with all of the wind, there wasn't much point in using them since they were pretty much as blurry as stacking these tracked shots by themselves. In the interest of living a long life, I exited the ledge after I took five sixty second tracked shots at f2.8 and ISO 3200. The Colorado River can be seen in the distance. In the alternative views, I have included a Sunset shot to show the polluted skies and a daylight image of Dead Horse Point's Colorado "Gooseneck" itself. I found it interesting that you could see no light domes of towns or cities from this location. I used PhotoPills to scope out the time, day and location for this image, all I had to do was show up.
This image is part of my exquisite 2022 Astro La Vista Observatory Calendar that can be ordered at:
www.astrolavistaobservatory.com
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