Delicate Arch Under the Milky Way Galaxy

Delicate Arch stands below the Milky Way Galaxy in Arches National Park, Utah.

Since I had never really gotten the chance to explore Arches National Park on my own before this trip, I wanted to make the most of it, and that meant spending a few hours at the park’s most prominent feature, Delicate Arch.

Despite it being photographed from virtually every angle and time of day, as well as not having any clouds in the sky that evening, I knew I wasn’t going to get anything groundbreakingly new, so I simply went up and enjoyed myself and took the best photos I knew how to do. I wound up meeting a couple of other photographers who were out to do the same thing, and we spent the next few hours shooting into night with a howling wind pounding us with a frigid wind chill.

My goal was to simply catch a nice sunset on Delicate Arch and then get the Milky Way Galaxy above it. While I got some nice sunset shots, it was the twilight shots I was much happier with, as was the case with Cathedral Rock just a couple of nights later.

Regardless, I was also happy with the Milky Way shot over Delicate Arch, and with some great company, it made navigating a new trail in complete darkness much more enjoyable.

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