By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
The 12th annual Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival will be June 17 - 20, 2015, in Bryce Canyon National Park.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
Bryce Canyon, famed for its dark skies is a great place to marvel at the stars and this blood moon.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
Known as one of the darkest places in the country, Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah is a spectacular place to view the night sky. Captured on a film exposure of 6hrs, stars form long trails as the earth rotates on its axis during a recent dark new moon cycle. The formation located along the Fairyland Loop and was chosen for its South facing orientation. Using a Hasselblad SWC medium format camera on a tripod at an aperature of 3.5, the shutter was opened once the sky was completely dark. For the first few minutes the rocks in the foreground were exposed with a high powered flashlight with an orange gel making sure not to shine the light in the direction of the camera. The final and most important tool for a successful star trail exposure is an alarm clock.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
The moon is eclipsed by the Earth's Shadow early Tuesday morning as seen from Bryce Canyon near the E.T. formation as it is affectionately known by the local rangers. Bryce Canyon, famed for its dark skies is a great place to marvel at the stars and this week's blood moon.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
The moon is eclipsed by the Earth's Shadow early Tuesday morning as seen from Bryce Canyon near the E.T. formation as it is affectionately known by the local rangers. Bryce Canyon, famed for its dark skies is a great place to marvel at the stars and this week's blood moon.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
The moon is eclipsed by the Earth's Shadow early Tuesday morning as seen from Bryce Canyon near the E.T. formation as it is affectionately known by the local rangers. Bryce Canyon, famed for its dark skies is a great place to marvel at the stars and this week's blood moon.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
The moon rises over Bryce Canyon before being eclipsed by the Earth's Shadow early Tuesday morning as seen from Bryce Canyon near the E.T. formation as it is affectionately known by the local rangers. Bryce Canyon, famed for its dark skies is a great place to marvel at the stars and this week's blood moon.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
The moon brightens up the sky and the bristrecone pine before being eclipsed by the Earth's Shadow early Tuesday morning as seen from Bryce Canyon near the E.T. formation as it is affectionately known by the local rangers. Bryce Canyon, famed for its dark skies is a great place to marvel at the stars and this week's blood moon.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
Park ranger Kevin Poe maintains a captive audience as he leads a group on a full moon hike into Bryce Canyon before the moon was eclipsed by the Earth's Shadow early Tuesday morning. Bryce Canyon, famed for its dark skies is a great place to marvel at the stars and this week's blood moon.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
Park Ranger Kevin Poe leads a group of visitors ona full moon walk to experience the rare treat of a blood moon during a lunar eclipse. Bryce is famous for its dark skies.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
Park Ranger Kevin Poe projects sounds of different animals know to roam during the night in Bryce National Park. Poe who knows how to captivate an audience lead a group of visitors to the park during a full moon walk and the rare treat of experiencing a blood moon lunar eclipse in a location famed for its dark skies.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
Bryce Canyon, famed for its dark skies, is a great place to marvel at the stars.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
ryce Canyon, famed for its dark skies is a great place to marvel at the stars and this blood moon.
By Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune
Bryce Canyon, famed for its dark skies is a great place to marvel at the stars and this week's blood moon.
