There's no success like failure and failure's no success at all

My cunning plan was to go to the westward side of the valley and take a picture of the full moon rising in the east. Ah, plans! The sun set exactly at the time given by my computer software. The moon should have risen above the hills bathed in the last rays of the setting sun. Unfortunately, if you scroll the panorama about two thirds to the right, just above the shadow created by the hill upon which I stood there is a white 'H' on the hillside (socially and culturally approved vandalism) and on the far horizon to the left you will see the heights of Zion National Park. A Wikipedia article gives 8,726-foot (2,660 m) as the highest summit in the National Park; the lowest point is at 3,666-foot (1,117 m) of elevation, creating a relief of about 5,100 feet (1,600 m). That's enough to set the moonrise back by about twenty minutes and gives enough time for darkness to fall. This, as they say, was my best shot:

However, as a data gathering exercise for a future event I was successful. In any case, it was enjoyable just being out in the evening air and watching the setting sun stream the full length of the valley, which the panorama does not really give full justice.

 

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