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An Ancient View of Mesa Verde

Overlooking the canyons of Mesa Verde, the stars put on a show across the Colorado sky.

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  • Episode 3: Overlooking the canyons of Mesa Verde, the stars put on a show across the Colorado sky.

    An Ancient View of Mesa Verde

    Episode 3: Overlooking the canyons of Mesa Verde, the stars put on a show across the Colorado sky.

Episode 3: Halfway through my 3,000 mile tour of Colorado, Utah and Idaho for Season One, I had the wonderful opportunity to camp overnight at Mesa Verde and take in the brilliance of the Anasazi people during the day and the illuminated stars at night.  As I stood on the edge of the canyon at the Southern tip of the Step House overlook, I imagined sharing the view with generations of people who lived here hundreds and thousands of years ago. With the exception of some distant glow from a town on the horizon, the sky was magnificently dark.

  • Canon 5D with 28mm lens
  • Sky: One tracked exposures at 90-seconds
  • Foreground: Eight minute exposure

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