White Pocket, Arizona.

[mike_c]

[brer cat]

1. What a wonderful scene! Thanks for sharing, mike_c

[mike_c]

4. thank you!

[Janbdwl72]

2. What a great view!

A great picture.

[mike_c]

5. glad you like it!

[Deuxcents]

3. Wow!

[mike_c]

6. thanks!

[Deuxcents]

7. My dad lived in Arizona but his landscape wasn't anything like this..just so uniquely beautiful

[George McGovern]

8. WHOA Whatta Wonderful Photo mike_c!! Wild Wide Angle Composition! Thanks!

Makes me want to go there. Today!
Whoops, belay that thought. Google maps just showed me what White Pocket is near. Not easy to get to. I'll settle gladly for your ideal image!

[mike_c]

9. yeah, it's pretty far out from anything!

I went with some folks from the camera club and we hired guides, who were great. I wanted to see the way in from the seat of someone else's truck before trying it with my own . It's gnarly, but not too bad until the last couple hundred yards. The Milky Way photos were amazing. I haven't worked on any of those yet. I didn't need the star tracker or long exposures-- there was no light pollution at all, and we just shot the sky directly, one exposure each image, no stacking. It was the clearest night sky I've seen in a long time.

Glad you like the photo!