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Left center is Independence Monument in the fog..... Tuesday the 24th of February 2009 at straight up 9 am. It was so foggy over Fruita and most of the Valley.
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I moved around to get a good picture of what I was seeing. This was looking into the sun but it was high enough so it didn't shine into the lens with a hood attached.
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I took photo's of everything to the left and right... The fog is starting to wash over on the left there it seems.... like a big wave.
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almost looks like a wave on the left is going to wash away that rock...
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It was almost unbelievable how it looked.... this is not what you usually see from this point... I went around the campground area until I could see the monument.
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went to the right of the monument....
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looking to the right up the valley by the Visitors center
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looking at the Grand Mesa
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The fog was moving around but it was hard to see it move.
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Not much movement now...
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included the bushes in the for ground too.
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I noticed several vehicles parked along the road... I was sure it was guys with cameras and when I got to the area there were several guys with cameras taking photo's of this...
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I'm headed to the area where I saw several vehicles parked.... one guy was in the viewing area here.
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Decided to get out my XT1 with the 100-400 telephoto attached. Didn't get a real close shot... wanted to include the fog too.
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regular lens on the 5D
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Looks like the fog was drifting like snow in the wind... there wasn't any wind that you could tell.
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backed off on the zoom a bit.....
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Moved to the last look out while you can see the Independent Monument from when headed to Grand Junction from the Fruita side.
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See that thing on the left...... I went up close with the 100-400 lens from the location before this and you'll see it up close in a few more shots.
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It's not to close but closer than usual.......
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Fog to the right of it.... farther to the right is the Independent..
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There it is up close. Does it look like a mud ice cream cone with a swirl on top to you, too?
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Now I'm concentrating on Independence Monument again...
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Almost see the ground near the bottom of the monument here....
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More ground at the bottom of the photo.....
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Framed.......
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Now the fog is starting to raise....
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Engulfing the monument almost.....
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I took the 100-400 and this is maximum at 620mm with the XT1... it was almost covered by fog...
The fog lifted before noon in Fruita if I remember right.
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I like that old piece of wood sticking up there for some reason. This shot is actually looking down but without a reference point behind it you can't tell that. It looks as if you're looking up without a back ground to compare it to.
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Independent Monument located in the Colorado National Monument with a back ground of fog covering the Grand Valley below in western Colorado near Fruita, Colorado
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Photo wider angle
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Closer up
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Medium
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Now we are zooming up on the Monument
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Close up with the foggy valley below
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Another position and wide angle
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Framed between trees again
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From further up the road looking back to the left amd down the valley behind Independent Monument
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Closer up of Independent Monument
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I moved around so I could get different angles
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This close up shows the fog in the valley below.
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