White Pocket - Day 2 (4/22/2016)

Sleeping in the Jeep is not conducive to a solid night's sleep.  I slept for short periods, waking many times during the night.  Each time, the full moon was shining brightly through the rear window, reminding me why I was here.  I finally rose about an hour before sunrise, had my cereal and milk, picked up my gear and trudged through the sand to the middle of White Pocket.  I quickly found a strategic location that allowed me to photograph several specific formations just by rotating the camera on the tripod.  The setting moon did a nice job of lighting the overall scene, so that was my first priority.

Even before the sun cleared the mesa, it was lighting the western sky, and putting up some color above the mesa..

  

 Once the sun was above the mesa, it put strong light on the distant formations, even while the setting moon was still in view.

Pretty soon, the sunlight was hitting all the formations.

 Having accomplished my objective, I headed for camp feeling that my experience was certainly worth the lack of sleep.