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Sky Fire at Grizzly Lake
Tombstone Territorial Park absolutely blew me away. This is the very first photo I've posted from this camping trip - there will be more!
While tombstone displayed an an incredibly rugged alpine environment, it was really difficult to appreciate it on my first day in the back country. The hike from the parking lot to Grizzly Lake (~11km) provided rain, mist, and only the occasional drop of sunlight to give you hope. After hiking in the clouds and rain for the better part of the day, I arrived at the Grizzly Lake campground where I was to spend the night. After finishing dinner, I decided to walk down to the shoreline to take some cloudy images of the lake and the ragged mountains flanking it, assuming there would be no sunset light tonight. Boy, was I wrong.
Within minutes of setting up my camera, the clouds started to break over the peaks, letting just a little bit of hot sunlight creep through, slightly obstructed by Mount Monolith. The light show lasted for no more than 5 minutes before we were back to complete cloud cover.
The 11km and several hour walk was worth that 5 minutes of shooting.
Sky Fire at Grizzly Lake
Tombstone Territorial Park absolutely blew me away. This is the very first photo I've posted from this camping trip - there will be more!
While tombstone displayed an an incredibly rugged alpine environment, it was really difficult to appreciate it on my first day in the back country. The hike from the parking lot to Grizzly Lake (~11km) provided rain, mist, and only the occasional drop of sunlight to give you hope. After hiking in the clouds and rain for the better part of the day, I arrived at the Grizzly Lake campground where I was to spend the night. After finishing dinner, I decided to walk down to the shoreline to take some cloudy images of the lake and the ragged mountains flanking it, assuming there would be no sunset light tonight. Boy, was I wrong.
Within minutes of setting up my camera, the clouds started to break over the peaks, letting just a little bit of hot sunlight creep through, slightly obstructed by Mount Monolith. The light show lasted for no more than 5 minutes before we were back to complete cloud cover.
The 11km and several hour walk was worth that 5 minutes of shooting.