Death Valley 1999

This subject is featured inIssue #1of The Luminous Landscape Video Journal 
Death Valley Moonrise, 1999
We had planned this trip to coincide not only with the peak of the fall colours in the Sierras but also a full moon which would rise at sunset on Sunday, October 24th. We decided that the place to be would be the dunes area ofDeath Valleynear Stovepipe Wells. We were not disappointed.
Taken with a 300mm Schneider Apo-Tele-Xenar lens. The atmosphere's magnifying effect on the moon while so close to the horizon can be clearly seen.
Also have a look atthis perspectiveon the same scene taken by photographer Steve Kossack.
Layered Sky - Black Mountains, 1999
Aquerberry Point is located on the west side of Death Valley, opposite Zabriskie Point and Dante's View. It's in the Panamint Range, which are the mountains that you see across the valley from those east-side points. It's about a 45 minute drive, much of it over narrow dirt roads and to be there for sunrise you need to leav...