About 90 minutes before sunrise, with full moonlight out across the scene near Chimney Rock. Was a pretty time to be out this morning here in Utah on our trip.

You can also see Pleiades in the sky, not far from the bright star just above the rim that is either Jupiter or Venus. Good shot at being Venus given the near sunrise time.

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Early morning there in the Capitol Reef, Utah. This dead tree and the branches in the morning sunrise light just begged to snapped.

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Mrs. Krach and I hiked into the Grand Wash area of Capitol Reef National Park ... and made it into the Narrows section. The 14mm prime lens was a fine choice here for this hike, allowing for some neat perspectives I think. The section of rock to the right here has been undercut by the water flow and appeared to go about 20 feet back into the rock along this narrow section where the velocity would be kicked higher during heavy rains.

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I liked the lighting and clouds as I passed Twin Rocks there in Capitol Reef ... always a treat to see here at the lovely park in Utah.

Came back here for some moonlight shots too.

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I was very careful stepping on some rocks to get to this pristine section of the desert. The soil there is alive, and takes many years to get to this state ... so not stepping on it is quite important. I really liked this pristine view of the earth there leading into the wall of the Reef there in Utah.

This view was via one of the back dirt roads there in the park.

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