{"id":734,"date":"2023-09-25T22:04:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T22:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/?p=734"},"modified":"2023-09-25T22:07:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T22:07:48","slug":"autumn-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/?p=734","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I happened to be in Salt Lake City during the equinox, where I learned that Utah has outlawed a lot of things. One random example: Happy Hour<\/a>. Probably Utah also prohibits human sacrifices during equinox celebrations \u2013 I didn’t even bother to ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So aside from weird rules what else is there in Salt Lake City? Mountains. As my many readers know, I love to photograph interesting celestial events. So I went for a hike to get this equinox sunset:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Salt Lake City autumn equinox, 7500′ ASL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

These foothills can be deceptive. I parked at one between the Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons and began to climb straight towards a peak. The first few hundred feet was fine gravel, so I had to kind of scamper from weed to weed to avoid sinking and sliding back. Then I reached sturdier ground which supports thickets of shrub-like oak trees. Those obstruct the view of what’s above, so I couldn’t be certain whether I had a good path ahead. I did eventually run into a trail bearing human footprints (though I saw no one else the entire hike). The trail wound back and forth between rocks and trees, and it was still very strenuous: When I got back I checked a topographic map and found that the straight-line route I followed from 5500 to 7500 feet averaged a 45 degree slope!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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