
Lower Yellowstone Falls, at 308 feet (94 m) high, or nearly twice as high as Niagara Falls is the largest volume waterfall in the Rocky Mountains of the United States.
Known as the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, the early morning light plays on the canyon walls casting shadows across the deep cuts in the walls of the canyon giving testimony as to why this land is called "Yellowstone".
The Yellowstone Falls had eluded me for several years. Always at the top of my bucket list of locations begging to have a Gigapixel photo shot at, I finally managed to be in the area with good weather. We got up at 3:45AM to drive the 45 miles from West Yellowstone to be at the overlook for sunrise. We were blessed with nice blue skies and a beautiful morning with no smoke or wind.
Date & Time | June 28, 2019: 6:36am - 6:55am |
Location | Artist Point, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming |
Coordinates | 44.271175, -110.479117 |
Focal Length | 300mm |
Aperture | 13 |
Shutter Speed | 1/160 |
ISO | 160 |
Number of Exposures | 200 |
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Total Pixels | 5,109,408,270 |
Horizontal Pixels | 95,307 |
Vertical Pixels | 53,610 |
Aspect Ratio | 1.78 : 1 |
File Size | 29,197 MB |
Width @ 300ppi (perfect) | 26.47 feet |
Height @ 300ppi | 14.89 feet |
Width @ 150ppi (near-perfect) | 52.95 feet |
Height @ 150ppi | 29.78 feet |
Date & Time | June 28, 2019: 6:36am - 6:55am |
Location | Artist Point, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming |
Coordinates | 44.271175, -110.479117 |
Focal Length | 300mm |
Aperture | 13 |
Shutter Speed | 1/160 |
ISO | 160 |
Number of Exposures | 200 |
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