Halo of the Sun

You may have heard that the park was closed at Monument Valley because of cultural reasons, which was true, unless you had a campsite or hotel room at The View. We were lucky enough to have an incredible campsite right on the edge and this was our view right from our tent. I booked the campsite about a year in advance to make sure we were all setup for the eclipse. As usual, I utilized the app #photopills to plan it all out. After checking, yet again, when we arrived there to make sure I knew what the plan was, we got the campsite setup. The eclipse was set to start at 9:10 and end at 12:01. However, I ended up waking up about 6:00 and really didn't want to leave the comfort of the warm sleeping bag. But when the tent filled with a warm glow, I knew sunrise was encroaching and I had to get set up. This was the first time I got to utilize my heavy-loading kit for my Polarie so that I could use a 500mm lens to capture the sun. It was freezing cold before the sun rose (surprise) and rapidly declined in temperature once the eclipse reached its peak. Truly, it was a site to behold over such a majestic landscape.