Joshua Tree National Park, CA: Cary's Castle, Hidden Valley, Night Sky, Light Painting, February 2013
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This photo was taken near the end of the loop, the strange rock formations looking like an alien planet from "Star Trek". |
 One Tree HillA solitary tree, bursting out from a large stone mountain. Amazing. |
 Another strange rock formation near the end of the 2-mile loop at Split Rock in Joshua Tree National Park. |
Along the path to Desert Queen Mine, not far from the overhead, is a stone foundation from an old cabin on the right which still has a bed frame in the "interior". It's difficult to call something the "interior" when it's this exposed. |
 The gold mine operated from 1895 to 1961, changing hands through the usual means: murder by shooting, deception, robbery, and bank foreclosure. Funny how all those are so often intermingled. |
 Another view of the machinery across the canyon from the Desert Queen Mine. |
 Another view, this time from "inside" the remains of the cabin's stone foundation, with the bed frame in the corner. |
 After the Queen Valley walk, Lisa wanted to stop off at the stone and tree area again to reshoot this in daylight. This is one of my favorite areas in the Park to photograph, photographing the area just two months ago. |
 This photo, taken between 3-4 pm, also includes the sun on this extremely pleasant winter day. |
 A view of the tree from a different angle. These were all taken near the Jumbo Rocks area. From there, we continued through the Park, going to the Hidden Valley area to walk around. Hidden Valley is another one of my favorite areas, and I planned on returning there later in the evening to take night photos. |
This night sky photo was taken in Hidden Valley. I love taking photos of the desert during the day or night. At night, the desert takes on a whole different feel, and I love to try and convey that through photos. ~~~ Title: Looking For Flowers On The Moon
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 Title: Beauty is in the Eye of the BoulderInfo: Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens, Feisol tripod. Exposure time 25 seconds at f/2.8, ISO 200. "Light painted" with a Dorcy flashlight and a wee bit of red from an Energizer headlamp. Photographer: Ken Lee Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA. |
Title: Sisyphus Has Left The ParkInfo: Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens, Feisol tripod. Exposure time 25 seconds at f/2.8, ISO 200. "Light painted" with a Dorcy flashlight and a wee bit of red from an Energizer headlamp. Photographer: Ken Lee Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA. |
A very narrow blade-like rock jutting forth from the desert floor. "To quote John Coleman... 'GORRRRRGEOUS!'" - Dennis Mammana, astronomy writer, lecturer and sky photographer. His newspaper column "Stargazers" has run weekly since 1992, and his photos can be seen in national and international media. He has a degree in Astronomy from Vanderbilt, and is a member of TWAN (The World At Night), an international team of sky photographers. |
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Joshua Tree National Park, CA: Cary's Castle, Hidden Valley, Night Sky, Light Painting, February 2013
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Sunday 17 February 2013 continued:
Queen Valley - Desert Queen Mine Trail
After dinner at Palm Kabob Mediterranean Restaurant, which was good, I ventured back into the Park. Although the temperature was in the low 40s F, it was still ten degrees warmer than my previous night sky photography excursions just two months ago, which was nice.
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