The wind was howling relentlessly for several days and nights above the rim of this small lake's basin. Fortunately, the topography did help cut the wind significantly along the shoreline, but man was it still cold standing still in this ice water in the middle of the night trying to find a composition and ensure a sharp long exposure. Actually multiple long exposures, since I stacked the MW. We went in early August and there was still snow on the trail and large chunks of ice floating in the lake!

If you know where this is, then you probably know about the elk incident from a few years ago. We didn't see any indication they were still present, but we still found alternative water sources to be extra safe.

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Beautiful

Is that 2 peaks of the Three Sisters? Good capture!

Astonishing really

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a full starry night with no light pollution never seen one myself but that looks beautiful sir

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