 | | Author: | Art (ID: 1009) | | Posted: | 2008-11-22 03:27 GMT+00:00 | | Mileage: | 3.75 km | |
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 | Tags: | Photography, Hiking, Landscape, desert, hike, photographs, sunset |
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When I parked near Lone Mountain, the parking area was already in the shadow of the Usery Mountains. I raced the sun up Lone Mountain to get pictures of the sunset. I managed to take a few pictures on the way up, but it was too dark for pictures on the way down.
BTW, I figured out that 10 seconds between fixes does not work for logging my hikes. I set the i-gotU back to 6 second intervals and the track looks much better.
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There is a parking area just off Usery Pass road.
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When I started up the mountain, the sun was behind that other mountain.
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That's Pass Mountain over there.
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A horse trail also goes around Lone Mountain. Here's a rider.
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The trail is well-constructed and easy to follow.
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A rest area part way up.
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Rest area with Pass Mountain in the back ground.
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I call this "Rock Henge". It isn't just funny. Somebody put some thought into it. Seven stones surrounding three stones. Try and tell me that isn't significant.
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You can see the Fountain Hills fountain in the distance. It's the world's largest fountain.
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Red Mountain. It doesn't look very red from this angle at this time of day, though.
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The fourntain again.
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That's the Superstition Mountains behind the cactus. You can see Weaver's Needle to the left of the Superstitions.
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A clear vew of the Superstitions.
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Looking to the northwest, across Bulldog Canyon OHV area.
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Stewart Mountain is on the left. On the horizon on the right is Four Peaks.
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The fountain only runs for 15 minutes every hour.
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The sun sets.
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The lighting is magical at this time of day.
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I take so many pictures of the same thing.
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I'm on Lone Mountain, looking over at the peak of One Mountain. No kidding. Whoever named these two was a funny guy.
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The sun continues to sink behind the mountains.
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The sun is gone. That's the Usery Mountains in the foreground.
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Not a good picture, but it was getting dark and I was hurrying. I wanted to get a picture of that plane before it went behind the mountain. As you can see, I am standing on ground much higher than the plane is flying.
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The plane on the other side of the mountain. I lost some time removing the polarizing filter from my camera, so the plane is pretty far away by now but still very low.
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The plane seems to be headed for the Bush Highway bridge over the Salt River. That's Stewart Mountain.
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The city lights are showing up.
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Santan Mountains on the horizon. The bright lights in the foreground are at a shooting range.
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Fountain Hills lights.
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Back at the parking area, and it's pretty dark now.
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