Moonrise over the Smokies

    A few weeks ago I decided to go up to the Foothills Parkway fire tower to work on another star trails shot there with the tower.  I knew it was going to be a full moon that night so I got there just as soon as the sun went down and setup my shot.  As if right on cue, when I was done taking my star trails shot the moon came up over the horizon and it struck me that what I was watching was probably better than what I had been working on. :)  Sometimes… that happens.

–Dan Thompson