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Cascade of Stars
If you’ve been following my recent posts, you know how impressed I was with my visit to the Wahweap Hoodoos in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
These delicate structures have been sculpted out of fast-eroding Entrada sandstone, and up close appear so fragile they might blow away with the next strong wind. While many of Utah’s breathtaking rock formations, like the "Delicate Arch" of Arches National Park, were sculpted out of this layer of sandstone, none of them are as ghostly-white as the Wahweap Hoodoos.
During rains, the land around the hoodoos was washed away by torrents that cascaded over the sandstone, creating a complex network of grooves in the undulating mounds, making them look like petrified waterfalls. The impression of frothy water is further enhanced by the white colour of the rock.
Amidst this petrified turmoil, the greatest of all hoodoos, the "Tower of Silence", stands with its arms folded in a seemingly stoic stance.
High above, the galactic river of stars, our Milky Way, feeds its earthly counterpart with eternal glory, painting the otherwise pale scene with cosmic colors.
EXIF
Canon EOS-R, astro-modified
Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8
IDAS NBZ filter
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Foreground:
Panorama of 3 panels, each 4s @ ISO100, f/8 during twilight.
Sky:
Panorama of 3 panels, each a stack of 6x 90s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 3x 180s @ ISO6400, filtered
PS: These hoodoos are made of extremely soft sandstone, that is easily damaged. If you go there, stay on social trails, keep a distance from the fragile formations, and refrain from touching them. Like this, visitors will be able to be amazed by these delicate beauties for a few thousands of years more, before they will literally be gone with the wind...
Cascade of Stars
If you’ve been following my recent posts, you know how impressed I was with my visit to the Wahweap Hoodoos in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
These delicate structures have been sculpted out of fast-eroding Entrada sandstone, and up close appear so fragile they might blow away with the next strong wind. While many of Utah’s breathtaking rock formations, like the "Delicate Arch" of Arches National Park, were sculpted out of this layer of sandstone, none of them are as ghostly-white as the Wahweap Hoodoos.
During rains, the land around the hoodoos was washed away by torrents that cascaded over the sandstone, creating a complex network of grooves in the undulating mounds, making them look like petrified waterfalls. The impression of frothy water is further enhanced by the white colour of the rock.
Amidst this petrified turmoil, the greatest of all hoodoos, the "Tower of Silence", stands with its arms folded in a seemingly stoic stance.
High above, the galactic river of stars, our Milky Way, feeds its earthly counterpart with eternal glory, painting the otherwise pale scene with cosmic colors.
EXIF
Canon EOS-R, astro-modified
Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8
IDAS NBZ filter
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Foreground:
Panorama of 3 panels, each 4s @ ISO100, f/8 during twilight.
Sky:
Panorama of 3 panels, each a stack of 6x 90s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 3x 180s @ ISO6400, filtered
PS: These hoodoos are made of extremely soft sandstone, that is easily damaged. If you go there, stay on social trails, keep a distance from the fragile formations, and refrain from touching them. Like this, visitors will be able to be amazed by these delicate beauties for a few thousands of years more, before they will literally be gone with the wind...