{"id":36161,"date":"2023-05-23T08:42:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T12:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=36161"},"modified":"2023-05-23T18:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T22:09:28","slug":"dusty-sunrise-at-gap-amtrak-642","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/dusty-sunrise-at-gap-amtrak-642\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusty Sunrise at Gap\u2014Amtrak 642"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This morning, the combination of agricultural haze, moisture in the air, and dust high in the atmosphere from fires in western Canada made for soft rosy morning light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t make a habit of posting photos to Tracking the Light the day of exposure, so today is an exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A little while ago, I set up at Gap, Pennsylvania along the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line, now Amtrak&#8217;s Harrisburg Line, in anticipation of <em>Keystone<\/em> train 642 racing east toward Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the train took the curve west of Gap, I exposed this sequence of digital photos using my Nikon Z6 with Z-series 70-200mm zoom. ISO set to 400, white balance to &#8216;daylight auto&#8217;. 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