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Out West

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This is another from a series of shots that I took at dawn on my way from Vallejo, California to Macomb, Illinois in early November. On our three-day maraton drive to Illinois, my son and I pulled in to a rest stop around 4:00 a.m. the following morning and tried to sleep in our cars. He was driving a four door sedan while I was driving a Corvette... and I found that trying to sleep in a bucket seats that doesn't recline to be more than difficult. After sleeping only an hour, I woke up and realized that the sun was beginning to rise. There was an awesome cloud layer overhead and we were surrounded by some incredible scenery. I pulled out the tripod and camera and spent an hour taking shots before we headed out on the highway again. Because of the time pressure we were under, this turned out to be the only time on our 2300 mile trip that I took time to take pictures.

I'm not sure where this was taken. I asked a custodian where we were at and he simply said, "Fenner." I can't find it on the map. The rest stop was on Interstate 40 somewhere near the border of Arizona and New Mexico, but whether it was in one state or the other I do not know.

To view all of the photos that I've posted that were taken at this spot, click here. It amazes me that the set of images look as though they were taken at different places... but they were all taken at that one rest stop along the highway.

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Taken on: November 9, 2012

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Camera: Canon EOS 60D, f/11.0, 1/8 sec, 70mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 60D
Lens:	EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.125 sec (1/8)
Focal Length:	70mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.2 (Macintosh)
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