Moon – Kelly Guymon Photography

The Last Super Moon of 2020

Last Thursday night was the last super moon of 2020. It seemed like a good idea at the time to go out and get photos of it. In retrospect, next time I will go to higher elevations for reasons you will soon discover. I asked Siri when the moon would rise that night, and it said 21:03 (or 9:03pm). I thought that would be fantastic, so I grabbed my equipment about 8:45pm to set up everything to capture the moon. It wasn’t too much longer before it got dark. I checked my astronomy app for the position of the moon, and sure enough, it was just coming up over the horizon. I knew I had time to kill, so I decided to take a couple of star shots before the moon came up. According to my app, the bright star in the center is Antares.

After about a half hour, I realized that I was going to be there a while, because I’m looking at a 2,000 foot cliff waiting for the moon to come up over the horizon and peer into this deep canyon. Finally, I was rewarded for my wait. Three hours later, the moon started its rise over the cliffs about 12:30am, way past my bed time, but the wait was absolutely worth it!

The moon was illuminating the trees on the top of the cliffs just before it came up.

Slowly, but surely, the moon made it from behind the cliff, and it was an amazing sight to behold. Check it out!

I went to bed not long after, basking in the pleasure of seeing the last super moon of 2020 rise over the cliffs of Zion National Park. I found out later that the super moon peaked at 6:30 that morning. It was tiring but fun. Enjoy!

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 by Kelly Guymon Photography Categories: astronomy, landscape, nature, Photography, solitude, wildernessTags: Antares, astronomy, cliffs, full moon, Moon, night photography, supermoon, Zion National park Leave a comment

Zion… In the Moonlight

During the day, Zion Canyon is absolutely gorgeous! However that changes during a full moon. The moonlight makes the canyon glow and the walls take on an ethereal feel.

For the past couple of nights, I’ve been taking photos of Zion Canyon in the moon light testing some settings and playing around with manual mode. I’ve had several great shots, but they are all of Lady Mountain and the Big Dipper using different settings. This image is one of my favorites. By the way, on the very right edge is the North Star.

Enjoy…

August 9, 2017 by Kelly Guymon Photography Categories: astronomy, landscape, nature, Photography, solitude, wildernessTags: big dipper, full moon, fun, Lady Mountain, Moon, north star, Zion Canyon, Zion National park 1 Comment

Totality

I was looking through my lunar eclipse photos, and ran across something amazing! The moon in total eclipse.

While I was taking photos that night, I kept thinking about what the primitive peoples would do if they saw something like this. I’ll let you use your imagination as to that thought as well.

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 by Kelly Guymon Photography Categories: astronomy, eclipse, landscape, nature, PhotographyTags: astronomy, eternity, lunar eclipse, Moon 2 Comments

Wild Weekly’s Photo Contest: Look UP!

I’m participating in the onlineadventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggersThis week’s Challenge is: Look Up, so venture into nature and point your lens above you!

Have you ever wondered what life would look like upside down? Well, a friend of mine recently experienced this feeling. This is what happens when you do a Tyrolian Traverse, then letting go and trusting your equipment. He’s a lot braver than I am, but we had fun that day!