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Arches and Zion National Parks : October 24-28, 2021

Part 2

October 26: Moab to St. George via Marble Canyon

After dodging some showers south of Moab, a short stop at Marble Canyon to visit the California Condors.
Condors marked with *'s were seen during my last visit in 2019.

Henry Mountains

Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef NP

Lone Rock, Lake Powell

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#R5*, F, born 2015 in Portland OR and #19, M, born 2011 in Boise ID

#54 is being a bully...

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#54*, M, born 2004 in Boise

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#H9*, F, born 2008 in Portland OR

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Marble Canyon

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It's turtles all the way down!

Rainbow near the Vermilion Cliffs

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park

The East Temple and Twin Brothers

Angels Landing (foreground), Zion Canyon

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Zion Lodge

Looking back east along the Zion - Mt. Carmel Hwy

Springdale

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Sand Hollow Reservoir - doesn't seem like a good place for a town

October 26-27: Astrophotography at Zion Lodge

Single frame (not stacked) exposures with ambient lighting (parking lot / vehicles).

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Turkeys

Mule Deer in front of the Lodge

Double Cluster in Perseus

Cassiopeia

Milky Way near Cygnus

Cassiopeia and the Andromeda Galaxy

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Canis Major and Orion

Auriga over Jacob Peak and Lady Mountain

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Dawn at the Zion Lodge cabins

First light on Lady Mountain

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October 27: Zion National Park

Zion Canyon

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Angels Landing from the Lodge

Along the Riverwalk

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Least (or Uinta?) Chipmunk

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Mountain of Mystery

(3 stop HDR)

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(2 stop HDR)

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(3 stop HDR)

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California Condors over the Big Bend

Hikers on the trail to Angels Landing

Touchstone Wall

The Organ (foreground) and The Great White Throne (2 stop HDR)

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Scout Lookout

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The Great White Throne (3 stop HDR)

Young vulture?

Tags curled and unreadable on this one

#VH, F, born 2017 in Boise

Common Raven

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Angels Landing from The Grotto

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(3 stop HDR)

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On the footbridge near Zion Lodge (3 stop HDR)

Mountain of the Sun (3 stop HDR)

Red Arch Mountain and The Great White Throne

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Lower Emerald Pool Trail from the middle trail

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Middle Emerald Pool

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(3 stop HDR)

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Part of this stump has been worn smooth as a handhold

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October 28: Astrophotography at Zion Lodge

Single frame (not stacked) exposures in the quarter-moonlight.

Orion, Sirius and M41

Cassiopeia and Perseus over Lady Mountain

Taurus and the Pleiades

The Spearhead

I found a deer in the darkness

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Zion Lodge with the Big Dipper

Lady Mountain, Castle Dome, and the Milky Way

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The Big and Little Dippers

Angels Landing

Orion

Cassiopeia with Castle Dome

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Orion and Taurus

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October 28: Zion National Park

Zion - Mt. Carmel Road and Kolob Terrace Road

First light on Lady Mountain

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Same deer that was on the lodge lawn last night

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The Sentinel

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East side of the Zion - Mt. Carmel Tunnel

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The East Temple from the Pine Creek Bridge

Along Kolob Terrace Rd

Under Canvas Zion site near Smith Mesa

The area appears to have burned a few years ago

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Pinyon Pine

View from Lava Point

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Home Valley Knoll

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Birch forest

A family of mule deer

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The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything?

Kolob Reservoir

#Y0 A young California Condor near Blue Springs Reservoir

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Lake Mohave