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Zion night sky        Images © Mark A. Chappell

The Zion National Park brochure makes the point that night skies in Zion are among the clearest in the US.   I took these photos of the Towers of the Virgin, and the Virgin River, using time exposures.   In one image is the faint track of a meteor; a much bigger and brighter one had passed overhead during the exposure, but alas, above the image frame.

  • Canon 1D IV or 30D, 70-200 f4 IS zoom, 24-105 mm IS zoom, or Tokina 11-16 f2.8 zoom (2010)