One of our last stops on the big trip was to Hovenweep Natl. Monument, right on the UT/CO border. We had been wanting to get there for a few years, but it's kind of in the middle of no where. But, that's also one of the cool things about the place. No crowds!! We had no problem getting a camp space in the small, 15+ space park campground. In fact, the CG has just been renovated, so was very nice! Right from our camp space, it was less than a five minute hike over to the main canyon where the ruins are, maybe 15 minutes to get to Hovenweep Castle, one of the main attractions.
We shot sunset at the castle, Sadly didn't have too much color looking to the east for sunset, but thought the silhouettes were cool back to the west. Enjoy!
EDIT: forgot to say, this is a crop. The original image had another piece of the building on the left that just didn't do much for the comp. Also, here is a pano shot from a few minutes later: Castle Pano
Brent, those are really nice! Good use of the light you had and I especially like the way you highlighted the keyhole window. I think I like the non-pano version the best. Glad you enjoyed the location. I've been to Hovenweep a few times and it's always been quiet and uncrowded.
I have a book on prehistoric astronomy that describes some of the smaller windows in the square ruin dubbed the "sun room" next to the D shaped ruin. Theory is that the light cast through these windows on solstace and equinox fell on a certain area of the building interior to mark the seasons.
Reply posted by Roger Rouch on 06/23/06 at 4:07 pm MDT
I have a book on prehistoric astronomy that describes some of the smaller windows in the square ruin dubbed the "sun room" next to the D shaped ruin. Theory is that the light cast through these windows on solstace and equinox fell on a certain area of the building interior to mark the seasons.
Roger, that kind of stuff it what so fascinates me about these places. Chaco Canyon is much the same!
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7 repliesOne of our last stops on the big trip was to Hovenweep Natl. Monument, right on the UT/CO border. We had been wanting to get there for a few years, but it's kind of in the middle of no where. But, that's also one of the cool things about the place. No crowds!! We had no problem getting a camp space in the small, 15+ space park campground. In fact, the CG has just been renovated, so was very nice! Right from our camp space, it was less than a five minute hike over to the main canyon where the ruins are, maybe 15 minutes to get to Hovenweep Castle, one of the main attractions.
We shot sunset at the castle, Sadly didn't have too much color looking to the east for sunset, but thought the silhouettes were cool back to the west. Enjoy!
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EDIT: forgot to say, this is a crop. The original image had another piece of the building on the left that just didn't do much for the comp. Also, here is a pano shot from a few minutes later: Castle Pano
Jim
I have a book on prehistoric astronomy that describes some of the smaller windows in the square ruin dubbed the "sun room" next to the D shaped ruin. Theory is that the light cast through these windows on solstace and equinox fell on a certain area of the building interior to mark the seasons.
Roger, that kind of stuff it what so fascinates me about these places. Chaco Canyon is much the same!