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This was the test shot I took before coming back later that night to get the celestial shot.
The sun was setting and gave a warm glow to the stone.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Exposure0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperturef/5.0
Focal Length15 mm
ISO Speed100
Lens Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye
Shari Elf's World Famous Crochet Museum in Joshua Tree, California!
blogged about here: westcoastcrafty.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/the-world-famous...
The Perseids light up the night sky when Earth runs into pieces of cosmic debris left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle. The dirty snowball is 17 miles wide and takes about 133 years to orbit the sun. Its last go-round was in 1992.
Usually between 160 and 200 meteors dazzle in Earth’s atmosphere every hour during the display’s peak. They zoom through the atmosphere at around 133,000 miles per hour and burst about 60 miles overhead.
Joshua Tree National Park
San Bernardino County, California
A wider crop of the previous image
Explored - March 25, 2012 #16
This is where we were six years ago today, in Joshua Tree National Park, and there was a full moon that night. My husband used his tripod, I steadied my camera on the top of our car, sure wish I could go back.
I was looking for a suitable song and found this oldie by Dennis DeYoung from way back in the distant '80's, a real blast from the past :
Driving through Wonder Valley... what are those giant letters on the distant horizon? As we got closer, realized we'd reached THE END OF THE WORLD. This 2022 installation by Jack Pierson left us wondering whether it was a statement, like "This community is so obscure, it may as well be at the end of the world," or political, as in... say no more.
The ubiquitous Cholla Cactus in Joshua Tree - they're everywhere! They're also known as "jumping cactus" because the spikes have a seemingly magical ability to reach out and grab your skin or clothing - my shins still have a few scars from ones I missed. I love the way their spikes catch early morning and late afternoon rays.