This represents not one, but two of my favorite moments of 2017: I bought a [really][good] tripod and took it out for use. I’m still learning how to use it of course, but one new thing it has allowed me to do is long exposure sunset, evening, and night photography. The second favorite thing is that I can now go back out in the areas near my house that were ravaged by fires and hike and take photographs again. Since I took this, there have been many other large fires in southern California, with much damage done, and plenty of carbon being tossed into the air. So this favorite moment photograph has become bittersweet since I took it.