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Thanks! And close - Broken Top

Well thanks, and I sincerely hope you are able to experience a clear, dark night sky without light pollution, it's almost dizzying how many stars you can see!

Hey thanks a lot!

The wind was howling relentlessly for several days and nights above the rim of this small lake's basin. Fortunately, the topography did help cut the wind significantly along the shoreline, but man was it still cold standing still in this ice water in the middle of the night trying to find a composition and ensure a sharp long exposure. Actually multiple long exposures, since I stacked the MW. We went in early August and there was still snow on the trail and large chunks of ice floating in the lake!

If you know where this is, then you probably know about the elk incident from a few years ago. We didn't see any indication they were still present, but we still found alternative water sources to be extra safe.

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Haha I'm sure it is! This was from late fall. I bet earlier in the year the lake level is higher with snow melt.

Thanks friend!

A long pre-dawn hike up into the mountains, past some old war (WWI) caves, along a few very exposed rocky ledges, and you eventually reach this turquoise lake. The lake level was VERY low. It looked like it was maybe 20% of normal, with the rest being gray clay. I was hoping the rising sun's alpenglow would hit the spire just right, but its position in the sky meant that it hit all the neighboring cliffs instead. Eventually some clouds blew through and added some drama to this fall scene. This is a popular place and by the time I was ready to head down there was a consistent trickle of people hiking up.

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