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Ashurst Lake near Flagstaff AZ |
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Gemini Rising I found another site, a little closer, and accessible by dirt roads. Conditions were still good with clear skies and calm winds. I set up and prepared for what I hoped would be a long exposure, maybe 6 hours. But human presence is hard to evade. The sky is filled with airplanes, making their beeline courses between destinations. I would never have guessed that this remote place in the desert could be on the way for so many passengers of the sky. And then there was my other oversight. Though primitive, a dirt road traversed the other end of the lake. And where there are roads, even dead-end roads, there will be cars driving on them, regardless of the extreme hour. Sure enough, after the shutter was open only half an hour, a car navigated its way to the end of the road, then turned back. The headlights and taillights are seen along sections of its route, reflecting along the shoreline, and defining the silhouettes of trees. Another feature here are the rising stars of Gemini. The bright stars Castor (blue) and Pollux (yellow) represent the twins of the Zodiac.
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