With the full moon out tonight, I thought it would be fun to head up to the Colorado National Monument again and try to get a few photos of the canyons and spires lit by the moonlight with the city lights of Grand Junction and Fruita in the background. Thanks to an inversion, the temperatures in the valley were pretty cold but, it was much nicer up on the Monument.
Looking down Wedding Canyon towards Fruita. Independence Monument dominates the foreground.
Saturday, April 18, 2015 After a storm moved through western Colorado and left a lot of precipitation behind the past few days it looked like it was going to finally clear this morning, so I woke up early and drove up to the Colorado National Monument shortly before sunrise to…
Friday, January 8, 2016 There was a fog advisory in the Grand Valley this morning so I took a chance and headed up to the Colorado National Monument to take a few photos before heading into work. The fog filled Fruita Canyon and Wedding Canyon when I arrived shortly before…
Friday - Sunday, December 7-9, 2012 This weekend I decided to stay home for a change. I figured that I could spend some quality time photographing the Colorado National Monument since I would be around. After work on Friday, I drove up to the Monument to try and catch a…
Randy,
Excellent series of shots!! I really really like “Winters Embrace.” That is a definite gallery shot and one that should be hanging on the wall!
Keep up the fantastic work and I look forward to catching up with you sometime in 2013.
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Pete
Thanks Pete! I’m actually having Winter’s Embrace printed up right now