As the night progressed (3AM)the Milky Way was going vertical.

A vertical panorama using seven landscape format images. The final image was directly overhead.

If you are interested in a night photo tour in Monument Valley consider contacting Majestic Monument Valley Tours and ask for Quanah as your guide.

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Guided tours down to these ruins are only offered in the summer months. Our only option was the Sandal Trail to an elevated overlook down to the ruins of Betatakin at the Navajo National Monjument. This was fine with me as the area was recovering from a recent snow and the path was quite icy in areas.

Betatakin means "House Built on a Ledge" in Navajo. It was constructed of sandstone, mud mortar, and wood. Due to rockfalls only about 80 of the 120 rooms remain. Betatakin was built between 1267 to 1286 in an alcove 452 feet high and 370 feet across.

By living in these elevated alcove structures, and not on the mesas or the canyon floors, the Anasazi people were able to optimize the amount of sustainable land to produce crops.

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. . . at Llandudno Bay.

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An advantage to visiting Elgol on windy and stormy evenings is that you are able enjoy the evening in relative solitude. The weather this evening was slowly improving; the showers were intermittent but still frequent. With the moody weather Elgol is known for, I decided to visit and photograph the iconic boulder captured by Joe Cornish.

Working my way over the rocks, boulders and slabs of rock along the coast I arrived at the boulder. The tide had started to go out so with the lower water level around the boulder I was able to get closer for a different perspective. Initially showers and low clouds were obscuring the Cuillins while at the same time a bit of sun was shining on the coast to my right. Shifting my position slightly and rotating the camera into the portrait format, I was able to have this view along the shore of Loch Scavaig with the sun on Beinn Leacach and left of center is Sgurr na Stri, in the shade, while Marsco is in the distant center.

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. . . Wharfedale at its best.

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