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Bump for an awesome thread
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I'd say you were a little close. 
Some shots from this weekend. This is the Wigwam Creek area in Pike National Forest bordering on the Lost Creek Wilderness and the Hayman fire burn area.
If you look through the tree on the upper right you can see the moon setting:
Below is Pikes Peak. Thankfully Smokey is on watch and the fire danger is only moderate today. I still played it safe and used my Emberlit to heat some water for a cup of noodles instead of making a camp fire.
Some shots from this weekend. This is the Wigwam Creek area in Pike National Forest bordering on the Lost Creek Wilderness and the Hayman fire burn area.
If you look through the tree on the upper right you can see the moon setting:
Below is Pikes Peak. Thankfully Smokey is on watch and the fire danger is only moderate today. I still played it safe and used my Emberlit to heat some water for a cup of noodles instead of making a camp fire.
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We have some friends that live 2 1/2 hours away in a village called Icla. We don't go out to visit often, but man is it a beautiful drive!! We are at the tail end of our rainy season, so everything is green and growing.
About 2/3rds of the trip, the road is asphalted, but the last 1/3 is cobblestone. It is SO much better then before when it was all dirt and there were about a dozen river crossings. Now its all cobblestone and there are small bridges.
Down in Icla, the mountains have a lot of red in them, very pretty!
And here's a shot of the moon. I was playing with my 200mm zoom lens. This makes me wish I had an even longer lens!
About 2/3rds of the trip, the road is asphalted, but the last 1/3 is cobblestone. It is SO much better then before when it was all dirt and there were about a dozen river crossings. Now its all cobblestone and there are small bridges.
Down in Icla, the mountains have a lot of red in them, very pretty!
And here's a shot of the moon. I was playing with my 200mm zoom lens. This makes me wish I had an even longer lens!
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Down in the lowlands of Santa Cruz, there is a vast area of Sand Dunes:
We went to visit an old Inca highway that dates back to the 1400s. It's a 45 minute drive. This area is over 12,000 ft. Hiking is fine, you just don't do it very fast. There are some great views.
Here somebody is growing a small crop:
The main road (not the Inca Highway) continues on for a long many with many a small village along the way. Bolivia doesn't believe in guard rails, so there are a lot of fatal accidents.
We enjoyed a nice sunset
We went to visit an old Inca highway that dates back to the 1400s. It's a 45 minute drive. This area is over 12,000 ft. Hiking is fine, you just don't do it very fast. There are some great views.
Here somebody is growing a small crop:
The main road (not the Inca Highway) continues on for a long many with many a small village along the way. Bolivia doesn't believe in guard rails, so there are a lot of fatal accidents.
We enjoyed a nice sunset
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The Salar de Uyuni is one of my favorite places in Bolivia even though it almost took my life (and my wife and daughters too) back in 2009. The roads to and from Uyuni were a nightmare back then. Now the roads are paved! Most of the journey takes place at over 13,000 ft and the sights are stunning. The salt can found hours away from the actual dessert.
Here's a pic of the old unpaved road:
And I took this pic on a recent trip since the road was finished. The llama was kind enough to look at the camera :
There are endangered/protected deer up here. They look like a cross between deer and llamas!
Speaking of llamas, this herd was very conscious of the llama crossing sign
The salt desert itself is over 4000 square miles (10 times the size of the salt desert in Utah) and has many 'islands'. The islands are made up of coral and are covered in cactus.
These are some nasty spines!
Flamingos like to hang out on the outskirts of the Salar
My girls really enjoyed the sunset
Here's a pic of the old unpaved road:
And I took this pic on a recent trip since the road was finished. The llama was kind enough to look at the camera
:
There are endangered/protected deer up here. They look like a cross between deer and llamas!
Speaking of llamas, this herd was very conscious of the llama crossing sign
The salt desert itself is over 4000 square miles (10 times the size of the salt desert in Utah) and has many 'islands'. The islands are made up of coral and are covered in cactus.
These are some nasty spines!
Flamingos like to hang out on the outskirts of the Salar
My girls really enjoyed the sunset
That's where a cheap telescope (our's is about $60 for the Celestron Firstscope) and a crop sensor comes in handy.
I'm still new to Travel/Wilderness/Landscapes but I have been giving it a try. Here are a few that I have on this computer from around Philippines.
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Thank y'all for sharing with us.
Condor, Great photos. Love the caverns and I bet you could find a few fossils in the coral beds.
Imrahil, The waterfall shot is awesome. Very jealous of that spot, especially in the summer.
Thurin, Glad to see spring has come to Colorado. It is interesting to see the burn areas, you just know they'll be flourishing and lush again, one day.
Condor, Great photos. Love the caverns and I bet you could find a few fossils in the coral beds.
Imrahil, The waterfall shot is awesome. Very jealous of that spot, especially in the summer.
Thurin, Glad to see spring has come to Colorado. It is interesting to see the burn areas, you just know they'll be flourishing and lush again, one day.
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I have a Fuji X-E1 which has a crop sensor. How do you "mount" the telescope without getting light leaks?
T mount adapter for Celestron's but different telescopes use different mounts.
http://www.telescopeadapters.com/index.htm?slrkits.htm
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Ok, that's awesome!! I think I need one of these when I come back to the U.S. this summer!! Thanks for the info.
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Thurin, your photos are now my favorite desktop wallpapers. Please, PLEASE keep posting whenever you find time. I may never go places like that and we live in a world in which these wonderful nature scenery can disappear in a blink of an eye.
:applouse: to all of you nature loving people!
:applouse: to all of you nature loving people!
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Thank you Thurin, SA Condor, Imrahil and Bartlax4. The clarity, color, and amazing scenery in each of your photos makes me appreciate how many beautiful places I have yet to see. Great contributions gentlemen!
Phil
Phil
