Ursa Major Rising

Joshua Tree National Monument, California

The bowl of the Big Dipper rises vertically behind the foreground boulder piles, which were illuminated by the crescent moon and the light of my campfire. Several planes that passed during the 90-minute exposure left dotted diagonal lines.

Date: February 4, 1995
Time: 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. PST
Location: Indian Cove Campground, Joshua Tree National Monument, California
Camera: Canon AE-1 on fixed tripod
Film: Kodak Kodachrome 64 slide
Focal length: 50 mm
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure time: 90 minutes
Scanner: Nikon Coolscan LS-2000