Tour
Bosque del Apache & White Sands National Park
Outside protected areasby Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris
A seven-day January tour starting in Albuquerque with three and a half days at Bosque del Apache for crane fly-outs, goose blast-offs and last-light flight shots, then early-entry sunrise sessions on the gypsum dunes of White Sands before finishing in El Paso. Up to seven participants.
Details
- No feeding
- No baiting
- No captive animals
- Led by
- Melissa Scott
- Route
- Albuquerque, New Mexico to El Paso, Texas
- Visits
- Socorro, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge and White Sands National Park
- Length
- 7 days
- Group size
- Up to 7 people
- Language
- English
Species
Months
- January, open
- February, closed
- March, closed
- April, closed
- May, closed
- June, closed
- July, closed
- August, closed
- September, closed
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
Jan
Light and conditions
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Light through the year
Golden hour is when the sun is low, between the horizon and 6° above it: soft, warm light. Times are for the 15th of each month, in Denver time (with summer time where it applies). In-season months are marked.
| Month | Golden hour | Daylight | Sun at noon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning golden hour | Evening golden hour | |||
| JanIn season | 07:19– | 16:40– | 10h 4m10 h 4 min | 34° |
| Feb | 06:57– | 17:14– | 10h 57m10 h 57 min | 43° |
| Mar | 07:21– | 18:41– | 11h 57m11 h 57 min | 53° |
| Apr | 06:39– | 19:05– | 13h 5m13 h 5 min | 65° |
| May | 06:07– | 19:28– | 14h 1m14 h 1 min | 74° |
| Jun | 05:57– | 19:45– | 14h 31m14 h 31 min | 78° |
| Jul | 06:08– | 19:44– | 14h 17m14 h 17 min | 76° |
| Aug | 06:31– | 19:20– | 13h 28m13 h 28 min | 69° |
| Sep | 06:54– | 18:40– | 12h 24m12 h 24 min | 58° |
| Oct | 07:17– | 17:57– | 11h 19m11 h 19 min | 46° |
| Nov | 06:46– | 16:24– | 10h 19m10 h 19 min | 36° |
| Dec | 07:12– | 16:17– | 9h 49m9 h 49 min | 32° |