Waiting for the Great Pumpkin - a photo on Flickriver

            September is the end of Milky Way season in the Northern Hemisphere.  Last week, I joined a group of photographers for a quick trip out to the Pumpkin Patch in Anza Borrego State Park to attempt a little astrophotography.

The Pumpkin Patch is made up of spheroid shaped rocks, geologically known as concretions.  While not rare, it is not often you find them in large groupings like this.  Anza Borrego is hot this time of year, the temperatures were above 100°F at sunset, and only cooled down to the mid-90's, by the time I departed around 2130.

As the group began to pack up and prepare for departure, I captured a last frame that caught the red tail-lights illuminating the more distant "pumpkins" in an almost orange hue, and I thought of Linus with his faithful pal Charlie Brown waiting in the patch for the Great Pumpkin to appear.

Taken in: United States / California / Ocotillo Wells (show map)

Taken on: September 24, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/3.2, 30 sec, 15mm, ISO 3200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	TAMRON SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD A012
Aperture:	f/3.2
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	15mm
ISO:	3200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.4 (Windows)
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