The NOTOM area was originally settled in 1883 and was once inhabited by 23 families (its largest population).
Today Notom is the jumping off point for exploration of the eastern edge of Capitol Reef National Park.
This particular dirt road was probably intended for a housing development as evidenced by the contemporary street sign. |
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Presumably the development has failed, perhaps due to lack of interest. The views are splendid but there are no ski lifts nearby.
To the west are a series of geological plops sitting on top of and next to each other. |
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He left the motel near the western entrance of Capitol Reef at slightly after 6 a.m. hoping to arrive at Notom Cemetary
Road before the sun rose over the eastern ridge and rendering the glare on the tv screen
too much for the video projection to overcome. He managed to get 5 minutes of video shooting in before the sun washed out the projected image on the television screen.
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The animation for notomCemetery uses a video of a chunky golfer wearing a baseball cap.
He is swinging his club for practice and for real while playing at the Riis Park golf course in Queens, New York.
The red video projector in the documentation is a Qumi pocket projector with matching battery pack.
The animation is projected onto a discarded CRT television sitting next to Notom Cemetery Road in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. |
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