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Moonscape

            The waxing moon rises over the deeply eroded fissures of the badlands surrounding Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California. 

My only previous visit to Death Valley occurred in August of 1994. My father volunteered to drive me from Oregon to Southern California at the start of my freshman year of college, and as we are both cut from the same cloth, we sensibly opted to take the desert route and camp along the way. The temperatures at that time of year were predictably hot, but nights were cool enough to be pleasant. Not so once we reached Death Valley and the Salton Sea. This time round I had thought that at least the night-time temperatures would be better in April. Evening at Zabriskie Point was beautiful and it was fascinating to watch the shadows lengthen and emerge from the crenulated crannies. However, a hot wind picked up later after dark. It was almost as miserable trying to fall asleep in that heat as I remember from 24 years ago. I ultimately gave up, and at 3:30 in the morning I opted to drive to Lone Pine for sunrise.

Technical notes: Manual blend of two exposures, one for the moon, one for the foreground. In truth, the moon was a hair too high in the sky to make it into the same frame as the hill slope. I moved it a little closer to the horizon than it actually was at the time.

Taken in: United States / California / Furnace Creek Ranch (show map)

Taken on: April 26, 2018

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California

Death Valley

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Zabriskie Point

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Furnace Creek

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/11.0, 1/100 sec, 58mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	58mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.3.1 (Macintosh)
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