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Todd Lambert wrote in post #15113318
Sarlacc Pit

The top of Dancehall Rock - one slip here and you end up in a 30ft. high wall of natural prison. Nobody would hear you scream - except for space (astronauts can totally see you).

That's really sweet! Doesn't even look like there is a way to rappel into there without drilling anchors into the rock.

Does it fill up with water if a heavy rain hits? (rare I know)

Awesome shot todd!!

Here one from last weekend. The photo was missing something so i added the startrails in photoshop.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/denbow98/807867​0337/

Todd Lambert wrote in post #15113318
Sarlacc Pit
The top of Dancehall Rock - one slip here and you end up in a 30ft. high wall of natural prison. Nobody would hear you scream - except for space (astronauts can totally see you).

Wow Todd; that's an amazing place; great shot!

Christina.DazzleByDesi​gn wrote in post #15113491
I hope these are showing up. Flickr is having issues again where it doesn't display photos on my browser for an hour or so...

Anyway these are a few from a photoshoot I did last week

Yeah, they're showing up great Christina! Really nice.

Canon_Lover wrote in post #15113520
That's really sweet! Doesn't even look like there is a way to rappel into there without drilling anchors into the rock.

Does it fill up with water if a heavy rain hits? (rare I know)

My question: how did it form?

denbow98 wrote in post #15113525
Awesome shot todd!!

Here one from last weekend. The photo was missing something so i added the startrails in photoshop.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/denbow98/807867​0337/
Stars by denbow98, on Flickr

Nice Photoshop job, and cool shot!

Ricardo222 wrote in post #15111763
And a few minutes later....

Love this shot! Great work as always Ricardo.

going off go google Sarlacc pit, what an amazing and wonderful photo!

Thanks guys! I really didn't enjoy this place. This is my second visit here and I've been very miserable here compared to other places. I am thankful after getting no shots (0)! on the first venture, the second fared much better, so I am scratching this one off my list.

Canon_Lover wrote in post #15113520
That's really sweet! Doesn't even look like there is a way to rappel into there without drilling anchors into the rock.

Does it fill up with water if a heavy rain hits? (rare I know)

Yes, they do. I don't imagine anyone has seen them filled in our lifetime, but they do at some point for sure. There are tons of these all over the rock(both smaller and even bigger), and some of those do fill with water. If not, I've been known to hike water in, just to pour it out into a pothole! Hehehe the things you do for a shot!

Hmmmm I didn't find anything on that place, but the google results were "interesting" to say the least. Is that what it's really called?

Michael Gira of Swans, from last night

and Ruggles Mine in NH, from this summer

Todd Lambert wrote in post #15113814
Thanks guys! I really didn't enjoy this place. This is my second visit here and I've been very miserable here compared to other places. I am thankful after getting no shots (0)! on the first venture, the second fared much better, so I am scratching this one off my list.

Interesting. What made it so especially miserable?

Regarding your shot I think it's composed very very well. The motion of the sky (clouds/stars) above combined with the circular pit below gives the impression that the pit is the center of a powerfully sucking vortex. Which is a cool phenomenon. And you're even saying the place kinda sucks!

Not sure what this little fella is but he was singing nicely.

narlus wrote in post #15113850
and Ruggles Mine in NH, from this summer

Very cool shot.

narlus wrote in post #15113850
and Ruggles Mine in NH, from this summer

That's bitchin. I love spelunking. Great range of colors down there!

David Arbogast wrote in post #15113879
Interesting. What made it so especially miserable?

Regarding your shot I think it's composed very very well. The motion of the sky (clouds/stars) above combined with the circular pit below gives the impression that the pit is the center of a powerfully sucking vortex. Which is a cool phenomenon. And you're even saying the place kinda sucks!

Thanks David. I struggled with this, because I had a hard time showing depth. Is this thing the size of a basketball or the size of a football field?

[edited to add] Oh, forgot to answer your question: Wind. This place gets very windy and very cold, very fast. The first time I visited almost 2 years ago, I could not leave the tent. It was blowing fine sand at about 60mph.

This second trip a few days ago... was the same thing, except that at after midnight it died out and left me with great skies and nice temps. Now, let's discuss that road to get here? It's called hole-in-the-rock road and this particular spot sits about 46 miles (out of 50 where it dead ends into Lake Powell) down the nastiest, most washboarded excuse of a road. I drive a beat up little scion, it's never let me down, and I've had it in some really killer places. It came through like a champ! Needless to say, it's a very cool spot, just not one that I will be returning to, and if I didn't get scrubbed the first time, I would't have come back this time - but then, I'm persistent

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