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The Great Kiva at Chetro Ketl by Wayne Pinkston Via Flickr: Website, Instagram, Facebook The Great Kiva at Chetro Ketl in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. The Ancient Puebloan Ruins in Chaco Canyon are fascinating in the day, even more interesting at night. The kivas are monumental structures thought to have religious significance. They were roofed over with beams and packed dirt, creating a gathering place on the roof. You entered vertically from the roof by a ladder. The structures within this kiva are particularly intact. There were fire boxes, floor pits, and a hole in the floor called a Sipapu, that symbolised the opening in the Third World through which the people emerged into the world. This is a panorama or 8 vertical images with a Nikon D850 and Sigma 14 mm f/1.8 lens, at f 2.5, 25 sec., and ISO 8000. The sky is more complex than usual with the clouds, airglow, and light pollution. There is relatively little light pollution in this area, but the clouds magnify it. Low Level Lighting used. You need a Special Use Permit to go into the park at night, and it is time consuming and costly to get one. A big thank you to @jocksphotos for letting me accompany him. Thanks Jock! Thanks for all the kind support over the last year, it is much appreciated! A big thank you to the wonderful Flickr family!
The Great Kiva by Wayne Pinkston Via Flickr: Website Instagram Facebook My is my personal favorite photo of the summer, a view of the MW over the Great Kiva at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Culture National Historical Park. This is an impressive and mysterious place even in the daytime, but is haunting at night, like stepping back in time. There is LLL (Low Level Lighting) within the Kiva (a small Goal Zero Micro Lantern lowered on a string), and LLL on the background structures by a Ceneroid light panel on a tripod off to the left. See www.lowlevellighting.org This is a panorama of 13 images taken at 20 mm, f 2.0, 20 sec., and ISO 10,000. There is a thin layer of clouds present which causes the stars to be somewhat indistinct and to "bloom". I thought they might mess up the photos but I ended up liking the effect. You need a special use permit, SUP, and must be accompanied by a ranger to go in at night. Adult supervision is required! For more images like this please take a look at Wayne Pinkston Photography . Thanks for all the kind support! Hope you enjoy! A big thank you to the wonderful Flickr family. It's a pleasure to post here.