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Hanging Lake is a short but difficult hike to two waterfalls and one of the most beautiful lakes in Colorado. Hanging Lake is one of Colorado’s otherworldly gems. Its wispy waterfall tendrils, gumdrop-green waters, cliff-side location (hence the name) and lush surroundings make it one of the state’s most popular hikes and is why it was named a National Natural Landmark in 2011.
According to the National Park Service’s National Natural Landmarks Program, “Hanging Lake is a unique example within the Southern Rocky Mountains … of a lake formed by travertine deposition, “ which we know better as a form of limestone deposited by mineral springs. Here, “natural geologic and hydrologic processes continue to operate as they have done throughout the history of the lake. The site also supports one of the best and largest examples of a hanging garden plant community.”
One of the most popular iconic hikes in Colorado, Hanging Lake narrowly escaped the Grizzly Creek wide fire in August of 2020. It is located in Glenwood Canyon, about 7 miles east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The trail remained closed through much of 2021 due to treats of flash floods from the burn areas.
Hanging Lake had long been on my list of "must photograph" locations. I had tried several times to schedule a trip to this location near Glenwood Springs, CO. This year at the start of our Fall Colors tour of Southwestern Colorado, we intentionally booked a campground nearby so that I could add this location to my portfolio. I purchased the require hiking permit 4 weeks ahead of time because they often sell out weeks ahead of time. The 1.25 mile (2.5 miles round trip) and 1000 ft elevation gain hike with my 35lb camera bag on my back was about all these 72 year old legs could handle. But I did make it and boy was the effort ever worth it.
This is a focus bracketed and stacked image. It is made up of 2928 images with the majority of the the images being Focus Bracketed images processed to yield 297 individual Focus Stacked images, 11 rows x 27 columns that were stitched to create the finished image.
Date & Time | September 22, 2023: 10:05am - 10:41am |
Location | Hanging Lake, Glenwood Canyon, Colorado |
Coordinates | 39.601556, -107.191830 |
Focal Length | 300mm |
Aperture | f/13 |
Shutter | 1/320 sec |
ISO | 400 |
Num of Exposures | 2928 |
Its resolution is 28,010% greater than a typical photo. Click on the boxes below to zoom in.
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Total Pixels | 5,903,163,994 px |
Width | 101,066 px |
Height | 58,409 px |
Aspect Ratio | 1.73 : 1 |
Date & Time | September 22, 2023: 10:05am - 10:41am |
Location | Hanging Lake, Glenwood Canyon, Colorado |
Coordinates | 39.601556, -107.191830 |
Focal Length | 300mm |
Aperture | f/13 |
Shutter | 1/320 sec |
ISO | 400 |
Num of Exposures | 2928 |
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