Llano River

I left the park and started a meandering path from Marathon that took me down several lonely roads as I moved east and north. It was scenic and empty. My kind of road.

There along the river I was just able to catch a sunset view looking up the river.
There were a few clouds in the sky, but I also hoped there might be a few stars too. So I went about changing over from the daytime landscape set up to the nighttime astro-photography kit.

I spent a couple of hours taking images until it was time to call it a night and get some sleep.
One thing I did notice is that I no longer had the dark sky of Big Bend. Looking to the east the lights of Austin were lighting up the clouds and it is still over 100 miles away. It would seem like a dark sky spot if you came there from Austin but compared to Big Bend.... it was way too bright.
So these were my last few images from the trip and I would take off in the predawn light on the 31st to be home before lunch. A great trip even if it was a quick trip. It already made me ready to get back to Big Bend in the spring.
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