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Shaw AFB Air Show - April 2022
We got to our first air show of the year a few weeks ago at Shaw AFB in South Carolina. Turned out to be a great day weather-wise and show-wise.
1 - de Havilland DH-115 Vampire, the first single-engine jet fighter
2 - US Air Force Heritage Flight, P-51 and F-16
3 - MiG-17
4 - USAF Thunderbirds launching
5 - Mirror Image
6 - Thunderbird Solo
7 - Touchdown!
8 - Crossing pass...always great to get one of these right!
moose135
Re: Some laugh, some cry, some just believe...
Thank you all for your condolences. It has been a hard road to walk this journey without my dearest love by my side. However, my loving God has stepped in as my husband and covered me with his protection and blessings. Things are happening and although I am still very busy with the aftermath of loosing the sole provider of this household, I have decided that I will not leave my position here on dgrin as moderator permanently. Instead, I will try and come in as often as I can per week to start. I need distractions from my down times, when my brain starts messing with me and my heartache overwhelms me. So, you all are stuck with me!
JAG
Two in black and white
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Strathcona Provincial Park, BC:
The first shot is recent but the second shot is from 2009. I thought I'd lost all the photos from that era when a drive crashed a few years back but it turned out that, unknown to me, Google Drive saved a few of the RAW files.
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The Wave, Coyote Buttes North, Arizona
Hi all,
I have been lucky to win the lottery to visit 'The Wave' in Arizona more than once. This permit only hike, leads to beautiful sandstone formations in Coyote Buttes North - CBN lies around 2 hours from Zion National Park, in the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. Here are a few images at 'The Wave' from my trips there. Since one cannot camp overnight, I usually start my hike very early in the morning on the day of my permit - before 2 AM. Arizona has some of the darkest skies which makes for awesome photos. Once at the formation, I spend time taking night shots and then just soaking in the solitude. When the sun rises, I usually stay at The Wave for a couple of hours and then head up to 'Top Rock' to check out the other features. Ironically, a lot of folks that win a permit to hike to 'The Wave' just take some photos at the formation and head back - without realizing how much more there is to see.
Only 64 people or 16 groups (whichever comes first) are allowed daily. Of these, 48 people or 12 groups (whichever comes first) are chosen via an online lottery, 4 months in advance. 16 people or 4 groups (whichever comes first), are chosen via a walk-in lottery held in Kanab, Utah, for the following day's hike. A group comprises of 1 or more persons. So the maximum number of balls for the lottery drawn, is 4 (for the walk-in). Thus if each "group" comprises of only 1 person, then only 4 people will go the following day (even though 16 could have technically gone)
For the permits, as mentioned, you can either apply online or via the walk-in lottery, held the day before the day you want to hike (in Kanab, Utah at 9 AM local time). For the online lottery you can go to https://www.recreation.gov/permits/274309
Thanks for checking out the photos - I highly recommend trying out for these permits. That area is gorgeous (actually all of GSENM and Vermillion Cliffs is gorgeous).
All photos with my Nikon D850, Nikon 14-24, Nikon 16mm FE, Nikon 70-200 E Fl.
Cheers,
shniks
