Description:
This is my favorite picutre from this particular trip. I shot it
from Lone Pine, CA on February 27, 1996 from the driveway of the farm in the
foreground. The night was very clear and cold with a nearly full moon
lighting the mountains. To get this shot I had to partially climb a barbed
wire fence to rest the camera on a fence post (I don't currently have a tripod).
I guessed at the exposure and took one at 30 seconds and one at 8 seconds.
This picture was the result of the 30 second exposure and shows a lot more
details than could be seen with the naked eye (for example the blowing snow off
the peaks was not visible). A bit to the right of center, you can see
the constellation Orion hovering above the peaks, including the Orion Nebula
which surrounds the middle star in Orion's sword.
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