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World's craziest zip lines
Beach March 21, 2018

World's craziest zip lines

Pleasures don鈥檛 come much simpler than a zip line. But something magical happens when you stretch a cable over a great span and glide鈥攗sing only gravity and a harness鈥攁cross a gorgeous natural landscape like a bird on the wing. Historically, zip lines were purely functional, often used to deliver goods across great distances in mountainous countries. Then, in the 1970s, researchers in Costa Rica began to realize the potential of these cables and began stringing them up through the rainforests as a way to get around more quickly and easily. It wasn鈥檛 long before they started to see the great tourism potential of their newest mode of transportation, which allows for both an adrenaline rush and a great learning experience. Enthusiasts will assure you that riding on different zip lines can be like tasting the subtle nuances in unique bottles of wine. Thanks to variables like length, height, altitude, angle and speed, each zipline has its own character. You might encounter one that鈥檚 meandering, scenic and family-friendly. Or, like a barrelling roller coaster with a one-track mind, there are others that are speed demons, rushing back to Earth at up to 100 mph. And, like in real estate, it鈥檚 all about location, location, location. Once confined to tropical destinations like Central America, commercial zip lines and canopy tours made their way to America for the first time in 2002. Now you鈥檒l find them everywhere from a slate quarry in Wales to an underground mine in Kentucky to a former Olympic stadium in Utah to an archaeological park surrounding Angkor Wat. We鈥檝e collected some of the longest, fastest, steepest and most unique zip lines in the world鈥攏ow get zipping!

How to take great photos of the night sky
Travel Gear March 21, 2018

How to take great photos of the night sky

The sun is setting and night is beginning to fall.聽 Many photographers are packing up their gear and heading home for the day, but Andy Austin, founder of Peak Photography of Montana, is just getting ready for the night ahead.聽 On a moonless night the sky comes alive with a celestial show of planets, stars and constellations. Using the right photography equipment, images taken at night can be as clear and detailed as any daytime shots, often revealing much more depth and mystery.聽 While the results are often awe-inspiring, Austin says night photography isn鈥檛 nearly as complicated as many think. To capture the stars for yourself, here鈥檚 what you will need: a camera with a manual mode, a tripod, a remote shutter (to minimize camera shake) a location with minimal light pollution, and patience. As for choosing a lens, Austin says it all depends on the look you are trying to accomplish. 鈥淧ersonally, I prefer to shoot with a wide angle lens, but it is possible to take great photos with a telephoto as well.鈥� 聽 The best time to capture stars and the Milky Way is on a moonless night, but never underestimate what can also be taken while the moon is out. When photographing with the moon you will get a much better foreground, but fewer stars. To capture the best Milky Way photos aim your camera towards Scorpio (if you鈥檙e not up on your astronomy, try an app like Google Sky Map as a guide). The most photogenic parts of the Milky Way also rise and set, just like the moon. In the winter it doesn鈥檛 rise until early in the morning, making it much more difficult to photograph. In the summer it is usually visible in the Northern Hemisphere once the stars come out. 聽 It never hurts to consult meteor shower calendars to find when you can see premium showers, and which direction to position your camera towards. The next shower is July 29-30, 2013 and is the Delta Aquarids. Here are some amazing images taken by Austin and how he did them.聽

10 most iconic places to photograph
Travel Gear March 21, 2018

10 most iconic places to photograph

Recently I was asked if I could name a 鈥渂ucket list鈥� of iconic places in the world for photographers. It didn鈥檛 take long. Certain places attract photographers like magnets attract iron filings; we are drawn to them without quite knowing why. Nor do we absolutely have to know. For some of us it will simply be the joy of collecting the trophy pictures we鈥檝e always wanted to take. But for others, myself included, the exercise has something more to do with understanding both ourselves and the world. Here is my list (not terribly original, I鈥檒l admit), with my reflections on why these places are iconic to me. I鈥檓 absolutely sure that everyone will have a different top ten. But just as going there and taking the pictures was a deeply rich experience, so too is the simple act of asking which ones鈥攁nd why?