For those people(Like Me) who don’t get a permit for The Wave because a tour bus of people showed up at the lottery drawing, another option is to visit Buckskin Gulch. It is the longest slot canyon (13 miles)in the US and it is fun. On this particular day, my aim was to get to a spot in the canyon where the afternoon sun would be highest (not so high in winter) and capture the colorful and various hues it produces on the sandstone canyon walls. The indirect sunlight reflecting and bouncing back and forth on the walls generates magentas, oranges, tangerines, blues, cyans, reds, violets, golds and whatever rainbow color you can visualize. I got the color I wanted but it only lasted about 20 minutes as the shifting sun altered the light. You first have to navigate the very narrow Wire Pass to get to Buckskin but it is fun in itself. You can purchase these images as either prints or downloadable image files at http://dawn2dawnphotography.com/
Brilliant photography! Thank you.
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Hi there, Michael. Thank you for visiting and following HoB. Much appreciated!
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Visited Buckskin in ’73 during spring break, we hiked down Buckskin Gulch (took all day) and came out at the top of Pariah Canyon, then a couple days hiking down to Lee’s Ferry on the Colorado River…..truthfully the hike of a lifetime for me…..we saw MASSIVE tree trunks wedged between the walls, 30-40 feet up…..definitely not the place to be during a flash flood! Thanks for posting these great shots!
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Thanks John for relating your experience. I hope to hike the entire length of Buckskin Gulch and Paria in the near future
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