Very few people were around at night except for an astronomy party happening at the main lookout point. It is kilometres long with lots of car parks along the way leading to view points. Zion at dusk Bryce Canyon National Parkīryce Canyon is one of the most surreal landscapes I have ever seen.
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I recommend visiting this place mid week and not on the weekends as it is also notorious for its crowds, especially on holiday weekends! Park your car in town and take the free shuttle in and around the park. Sadly I had hurt my back a few days before arriving here so we couldn't do any hikes. The local council now charges you $10 to park your car, they must be raking in the cash! Tour buses can't stop here but they drop off their tourists so it can really get extremely busy, beware! Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona. There is a new viewing platform and railing, as well as a brand new car park and facilities. I'd say there were a few thousand people there, easily.
Horseshoe bend was by far the busiest place on the entire trip. When night fell we were joined by about 4 people in total, not too bad! Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park. Mesa arch was way less crowded but because it is a very simple and short hike from the car park plenty of people were still there. Don't expect to get a clean timelapse without any light pollution as plenty of people will be light painting the arch. Even though the Delicate Arch hikes is one of the harder ones in the park (ranger's claim, not ours) there were still hundreds of people up there for sunset. Utah photography locations Delicate Arch in Arches National Park Get the discounted bundle below or buy them separately here.
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In total I shot 20267 video and photo files, which translates to about 800 gigabytes of data. We planned it around the new moon so we would have very dark skies and optimal conditions to shoot the galactic core.įind out how to plan for milky way photography on my blog post about milky way season here. Probably could have gone two days shorter.
The trip took ten days, which was plenty. We followed a clockwise loop of the national parks, with a small detour to Page, Arizona to see Horseshoe bend. We flew into Salt Lake City, rented a car and drove about 1600 miles / 2600 kilometres in total. A film photo of Abdul and me at horseshoe bend in Page, Arizona (just over the border from Utah). I'd never recommend going on a trip with an actual complete stranger, that's crazy hah.