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Lunchtime Photo

My favorite desert spot for astrophotography is a three-hour drive away, and I'm just not always up for that. I've been meaning to find a compromise spot that's closer to home, so last week I checked out Palomar Mountain.

It turned out to be excellent. It's not quite as dark as the desert, but the extra elevation makes up for a lot of that. As it happens, I ran into a lot of unexpected problems and never got the images I wanted, but I did get a nice cityscape at 3 am, which turns out to be a great time to do cityscape photography. The sky is clear, it's nice and dark, and the lights are fairly low, which allows a long exposure without blowing up the skyline itself.

In this picture, the nearby lights on the right are Escondido. The distant lights on the left are San Diego. The dimmer lights on the far left might be Tijuana, but I'm not sure about that.

September 24, 2022 — Palomar Mountain, California

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