Moraine Park

Moonrise, Moraine Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Photograph by Tom Atwood

The Big Thompson winds its way through Moraine Park day and night,  a relentless mountain river in a magical valley in Colorado. The river runs even at midnight when this photo was taken with a full moon rising behind me. That's the light you see on the peaks of the front range of the Rockies, and on the clouds moving slowly over Rocky Mountain National Park. The stars are streaked, leaving trails as the Earth rotates slightly during this 109 second exposure.

Shutter: 109 seconds; Aperture: f/1.8; ISO: 100; Focal length: 35 mm