Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Join us for a Milky Way Workshop in 2019! goo.gl/n3bHzk
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Go to Crater Lake: goo.gl/iXnfzD

Long-live Crater Lake as being the most amazing clear sky you can find for Milky Way Photography!

While there are MANY similarly dark sky locations in Utah, you just don’t get above the dust and debris in the air that changes the clarity. Ever so slightly, but it definitely changes it. Last year when Brendon saw the Milky Way he couldn’t keep himself from exclaiming how this must be the darkest sky site he has been at and I kept correcting him that we have been in several dark sky locations even better than this. So what was the big difference at Crater Lake? Why does the core look more brilliant to the natural eye than it does at crazy dark site Natural Bridges National Monument or Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah?

The elevation and conditions of the area! The area is windy but it can be clean and crisp. Even though Crater Lake Rim is anywhere from 7000 to 8000 feet above sea level depending on where you are standing and that areas in Bryce Canyon like Fairyland Point are above 8000 feet! The skies at Bryce Canyon are subjected to the dust of the area all around it and it doesn’t RISE UP out of it the way that the caldera at Crater Lake does.

This is just my guess, but it seems a plausible reason for the clarity of the lower contrast areas of the Milky Way Core at Crater Lake than we seem to get standing on the swell that is the Colorado plateau.

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Camera Gear:
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Canon 5D MKIII: goo.gl/PmrmKq
Canon 70D: goo.gl/AcrCmq
Canon 6D: goo.gl/97a0VJ
Canon 17-35mm f2.8L: goo.gl/N7QUuu
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8: goo.gl/dKzIBd
SunwayFoto L Bracket: goo.gl/E3B4xS
Manfrotto Junior 410 Geared Head: goo.gl/3VTViD
Acratech GP Ballhead with Gimbal Feature: goo.gl/GltQvm
Manfrotto Tripod Aluminum: goo.gl/5AuRcV
Feisol Tournament CT-3442 Rapid: goo.gl/silJQV
Mindshift Gear 180 Horizon: goo.gl/AZC3XA
Canon Camera Bag: goo.gl/nXk9ON

Astrophotography Gear:
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Boruit Rechargeable LED Headlamp RJ-3000: goo.gl/FVrQKt
JClaw Tek LED Headlamp with Red Lights for Night: goo.gl/7bmz3l
F&V Z96 UltraColor LED Light (Same as Aaron purchased but as of today, out of stock.)
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In-Stock option for F&V HDV-Z96 II Z-flash LED Light
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Larger Capacity Battery for F&V light
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YONGNUO YN300 Air LED Video Light: goo.gl/TewFMs
Rokinon/Samyang 24mm F/1.4 Aspherical Wide Angle Lens: goo.gl/IeBdaR

Vlogging Gear:
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GoPro HERO4 Session: goo.gl/fTGbYv
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Zoom H1 Portable Digital Recorder: goo.gl/RvKj5e
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Tascam DR-60DmkII: goo.gl/5uklXJ

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