Meteor Crater

[Major Nikon]

[alfredo]

1. Nice color detail. Small plane, helicopter, or one hell of a ladder?

[Major Nikon]

3. Small plane

I was at 1,000' from the ground for this picture. I can legally go lower so long as I stay away from people and structures, but for safety reasons I never go below 1,000'. For this picture, I opened my window so I wasn't shooting through it. I'm using a wide angle lens, so I'm actually closer than it appears.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

6. Wait a minute................

you opened your window to take the picture and you are flying this plane? Who steered when you did that?

[Major Nikon]

7. Otto

[canonfodder]

2. Cool

I've only seen it once from the visitor center seen at the top of the crater in your pix.
It's quite amazing.
Nice ladder, by the way.

[Major Nikon]

4. I've never actually seen it from the visitors center

And this was my 2nd trip. The first time I flew over it was mid-day and very hot. I took this picture from about 7,000' above the ground because the heat was causing a lot of thermals and it was bumpy as hell even at higher altitudes.

[canonfodder]

5. heh

Definately one hell of a ladder.