Gaze

Looking skyward above Cedar Breaks National Monument in southern Utah, capturing the Milky Way in its late summer light. The sunset was spectacular and residual clouds floated a short distance above the mountains. The pine trees made for brilliant silhouette objects, and even framed the shot nicely.

File info: 1309-4-9557 [2:1]

Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah, USA

Author: Chad Dutson

Photo size: 1.3 Mpixels (3.66 MB uncompressed) - 1600x800 pixels (5.3x2.7 in / 13.5x6.8 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: american southwest, american west, astronomy, astrophotography, cedar breaks, celestial, chad dutson, clouds, desert southwest, evening, exposure, forest, forestscape, galaxy, gaze, heaven, landscape, light, milky way, national monument, nature, night, nightscape, panorama, pine, season, shadow, silhouette, sky, space, star, summer, sunset, tree, trees, universe, utah, west, wild, wilderness

Published in: Colorado & Utah, 2013 Releases, Sky, Night, Astronomy, Forests, Rainforests, 2:1 Panorama