Oregon Milky Way Chase | Bandon, Thor's Well, Heceta Head, and Crater Lake | Ep 84

Photog Adventures Podcast: A Landscape Photography and Astrophotography Podcast

We travel to Oregon and continue the #TheGreatMilkyWayChase. Follow us as we shoot the Milky Way and visit Bandon, Thor’s Well, Cook’s Chasm, the Sprouting Horn, Heceta Head Lighthouse, and Crater Lake National Park. Along for this Photog Adventure was Claudia Halbert and Kirk Keyes. We discuss what a great spot Bandon is for both the sunset and the Milky Way, why Thor’s Well is probably not a great place for the Milky Way, shooting lighthouses at night, and why Crater Lake National Park is one of the best places ever for night photography. Aaron had a rant about the situation of buying gasoline in the State of Oregon. Since you can’t pump your own gas in most of Oregon, you can only refuel during the hours that the gas station is open. On the Interstates and in larger towns, stations can be open 24 hours. But in smaller towns, they will close overnight. And once they close, the station attendant goes home and they turn off the pumps. So, plan that when you come to Oregon to keep your tank full! It’s a several hour long drive to get to Crater Lake from the Mid or South Oregon Coast. It’s an unbelievable place and well worth the trip. Crater Lake is nearly 2000 ft. deep and has some of the purest water in the world. The color of the lake is an amazing shade of blue. And the skies there are some of the best for Milky Way photography. Items Discussed in this Podcast: The following are Amazon Affiliate links. Clicking on and buying these items helps us produce this show. Sony a7III – https://amzn.to/2Kyk6xj Tiffen Color Enhancing Filter is part of this kit – https://amzn.to/2yYmnRd