{"id":317,"date":"2010-02-09T19:54:50","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T02:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/?p=317"},"modified":"2010-02-09T19:55:12","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T02:55:12","slug":"death-valley-sunset-13010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"Death Valley &#8211; Sunset 1\/30\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having scouted out the location earlier in the day, we returned for a spectacular sunset. Once the sun descended beyond the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panamint_Range\">Panamint Range<\/a>, the light began to get interesting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-318\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7093.jpg\" alt=\"Shadow Reflections\" title=\"Shadow Reflections\" width=\"706\" height=\"483\" class=\"size-full wp-image-318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7093.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7093-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shadow Reflections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-319\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7117.jpg\" alt=\"Salty water and the Black Mountains\" title=\"Salty water and the Black Mountains\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7117.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7117-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salty water and the Black Mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-320\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7120.jpg\" alt=\"The shadow of the Panamint Range creeps up the Black Mountains\" title=\"The shadow of the Panamint Range creeps up the Black Mountains\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7120.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7120-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shadow of the Panamint Range creeps up the Black Mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-321\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7123.jpg\" alt=\"Looking south towards Badwater in beautiful magic hour light\" title=\"Looking south towards Badwater in beautiful magic hour light\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7123.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7123-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking south towards Badwater in beautiful magic hour light<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-322\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7135.jpg\" alt=\"More Black Mountain reflections\" title=\"More Black Mountain reflections\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7135.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7135-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More Black Mountain reflections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7150.jpg\" alt=\"A look towards Dante&#039;s View, covered with snow and ice\" title=\"A look towards Dante&#039;s View, covered with snow and ice\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7150.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7150-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A look towards Dante's View, covered with snow and ice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7202.jpg\" alt=\"Salty patterns\" title=\"Salty patterns\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7202.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7202-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salty patterns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-325\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7213.jpg\" alt=\"Saltwater surface patterns resemble ice\" title=\"Saltwater surface patterns resemble ice\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7213.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7213-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saltwater surface patterns resemble ice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-326\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7231.jpg\" alt=\"Reflected colors coming alive\" title=\"Reflected colors coming alive\" width=\"706\" height=\"454\" class=\"size-full wp-image-326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7231.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7231-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflected colors coming alive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7241.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Creek really lighting up\" title=\"Salt Creek really lighting up\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7241.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7241-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salt Creek really lighting up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-328\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7252.jpg\" alt=\"Salty encrustations break up the reflected sunset\" title=\"Salty encrustations break up the reflected sunset\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7252.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7252-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salty encrustations break up the reflected sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The light really exploded at the end in a symphony of red and pink.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-329\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7253.jpg\" alt=\"Magical light in Death Valley\" title=\"Magical light in Death Valley\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7253.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7253-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magical light in Death Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7262.jpg\" alt=\"Magical light reflected in the saltwater\" title=\"Magical light reflected in the saltwater\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7262.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7262-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magical light reflected in the saltwater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_331\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-331\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7272.jpg\" alt=\"Twilight begins to fade at Salt Creek\" title=\"Twilight begins to fade at Salt Creek\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7272.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7272-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twilight begins to fade at Salt Creek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before departing I turned the camera towards the symmetrical reflection of Telescope Peak after all the red had faded in the sunset.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7302.jpg\" alt=\"Telescope Peak symmetry\" title=\"Telescope Peak symmetry\" width=\"706\" height=\"471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7302.jpg 706w, https:\/\/blog.kurtlawson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7302-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Telescope Peak symmetry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This was a fantastic conclusion to the first day of my first visit to Death Valley in over a year. I slept soundly knowing that amazing images would await me the following morning as well as we returned to the same place we started with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having scouted out the location earlier in the day, we returned for a spectacular sunset. Once the sun descended beyond the Panamint Range, the light began to get interesting. The light really exploded at the end in a symphony of red and pink. 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