“The morn awakes, and wide extends her rays…”~ Phyllis Wheatley, A Hymn to the Morning

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Field trip with West Valley College’s Photography Dept. to Death Valley National Park.
Our first sunrise shoot with the class was supposed to be the on Sat. the 26th at Zabriskie Point. So rising at 4AM to meet the group and have plenty of time to set up for sunrise we left our lodging in Beatty, NV at 5AM.
We plugged in the coordinates to the GPS system to Zabriskie Pt. and it promptly rejected them. Downhill Dali had written down 2 sets of coordinates so we plugged in the second set which took and off we went. One hour and 15 minutes later we were climbing up to Dante’s View! Which was the second shooting location on this morning. With no time to make it over to Zabriskie Pt before sunrise we opted to stay at Dante’s View and make up the sunrise at Zabriskie Pt on Weds. the day we would be on our own.
This is Zabriskie Pt. looking toward Twenty Mule Team Canyon. It was really cold and windy here on this morning. This is after sunrise I had finished taking all the shots I wanted and was walking down the tarmac hill to the parking lot when the light on these ridges caught my eye. I love the colors, and the way the ridges fan out through this canyon.

NIkon D700| Nikkor 17-35mm @35mm| f8| 1/125sec| ISO 125| Manual Mode| Tripod| Self Timer

2 thoughts on ““The morn awakes, and wide extends her rays…”~ Phyllis Wheatley, A Hymn to the Morning”

  1. The lighting and colors are beautiful Deb. The frame is nicely exposed with discernable highlights and shadows. Your mention of “Twenty Mule Team” brought back fond memories. I remember watching “Death Valley Days” as a kid with host Ronald Reagan (shows you how old I am.) An appropriate quote too. Anxious to see more from your expedition!

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    1. Hi Wayne,
      I used to watch that show too with my Dad. He loved all those westerns.
      I thought of Borax! I use 20 Mule Team Borax all the time! 🙂
      Thank you so much for your lovely comments about my photo. I had a great time trying to “see” the shot!

      Deborah

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