Had a nice day collecting an OPUS Projects data set in Zion National Park with a good friend yesterday.
We knew we would be in a corner, a few of the locations had 60 deg masks in three directions. So we knew we wanted as much time as possible on those points. Started at 5:00 am, got the last receiver in place by 2:00 pm, grabbed a quick lunch at Oscar's and then ran back to start pulling receivers.
Ended up hiking a 1/4 mile to the last receiver way after dark... Ran back to town and the initial OPUS solutions on the the deep canyon points look absolutely amazing. Out of the office by 10:00 pm.
I don't know how anyone can get any work done in ZNP. You kind of have to just look at your feet all day because if you look up, it takes a couple of minutes to snap back and get to work again. This is the time to go too. Not completely crazy with tour buses. But still spectacular.
This was only the equipment that we picked up prior to dark. There was still more to be hiked to and pulled in the total dark, of course...
Looks fabulous,
thanks for sharing!
Christof.
What is the device on the tripod head holding the rod?
gschrock, post: 403304, member: 556 wrote: there are are a bunch of inexpensive "hold a pole" adapters for tripods
Before we got all fancy with after market contraptions; we'd stuff a rag in with the pole to keep it from flopping around.:smarty:
Fantastic work place
Hold on a second. Where is the Starbucks? Where is the McDonalds? I thought they were everywhere except for where I live.
I notice that the last picture DOESN'T include the cooler full of beer!
Looks like fun Mark.
Loyal
Love that area. Pictures have me wanting to make a trip there soon.
[SARCASM]What, no Angels' Landing?[/SARCASM]
You wouldn't have horizon problems there! But we were in Zion (and other parks) in May, and you wouldn't catch me on the high trails. No way.
Someone in our group talked to a person who had seen a serious fall that day. Many times I cringed at what I saw people doing.
Mark Silver, post: 403270, member: 1087 wrote: and then ran back to start pulling receivers.
Did you leave receivers unattended that were visible from the roads?
That's fabulous country.
I'd want to set all up then scale the high stuff.
Thanks for sharing.
I showed the wife but all she could comment was about the snakes. Rattle Snakes!
Great post! In your first picture you were at the bottom of an ancient inland sea.
From: http://www.zionnationalpark.com/explore/guidebook/geology/
"More than 250 million years ago, the stunning geologic features of Zion were formed. Once the area was covered by a low body of water; eventually huge rivers carved their way through the landscape. Later it was left one of the largest deserts on the earth. This desertÛªs sand dunes became what are now the breathtaking 2,000 foot cliffs of Zion National Park. The park now houses what are some of the most scenic canyon views in the country. In just a 229 square mile radius there resides enormous pine and juniper covered plateaus, narrow sandstone canyons, the windy Virgin River, and many seeps, springs, and waterfalls."
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Jim Frame, post: 403364, member: 10 wrote: Did you leave receivers unattended that were visible from the roads?
Only one was not. And it might have been visible from someplace, I did not have the opportunity to see it in daylight .
We did have a bunch of folks ask what we were up to.
You could probably leave a receiver there for a month and it would be just fine.
M
lmbrls, post: 403301, member: 6823 wrote: What is the device on the tripod head holding the rod?
I had a few hold-a-poles, a few stedi-rests, some fixed height (which I have problems with in cold, to hot weather) and we had one tribrach that pointed 0.05' from a split rail fence someone built over the nps control point.
The scenery is great! I scrolled by the pictures of people in coats to keep the illusion it was a warm desert, and hopefully forget about the cold. Great photos!
You must have gotten a deal on all those X-90 units!
C Billingsley, post: 404156, member: 1965 wrote: You must have gotten a deal on all those X-90 units!
He knows a guy in the business.
Jim Frame, post: 404157, member: 10 wrote: He knows a guy in the business.
Yes
He gets a deal on the demo units. ; )
Beautiful pics, thanks for sharing. Is that a red fire hydrant I see in the 4th picture down? It seems so out of place.
Now that it's pointed out, I do believe that is a fire hydrant located a few feet from a couple of water valves.