Month: September 2017
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Monsoon Madness
Dramatic shots produced from monsoonal storms racing past Marble Canyon, just north of the Grand Canyon.
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Marble Canyon Rainbows
Rainbows over Marble Canyon during probably the last of the monsoon storms for this year.
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Buttes, Plateaus and Mesas- What’s the Difference?
The images below shot last week along the Arizona/Utah border show buttes, plateaus and mesas, geologic land forms that permeate America’s Desert Southwest. In general terms, buttes are smaller than mesas and mesas are smaller than plateaus. Buttes were probably once mesas but shrunk in size due to erosion. Plateaus are bigger than both mesas…
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Highlights and Shadows
Sunlight penetrates clouds from a passing thunderstorm, producing sunbeams along Marble Canyon in Northern Arizona.
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Milky Way For September
Milky Way shots captured near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, including one with nearby lightning.
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Fall Colors Have Arrived
At the Kaibab National Forest, adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park’s North Rim. At an elevation between eight to 9,000 feet, Autumn arrives early. The Aspens were just beginning to change colors and should be at full color around the first of October. But small pockets couldn’t wait.
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Desert Flora at Sunset
While mountain biking this week near Gooseberry Mesa in Southern Utah, I captured some pics over a few evenings of the changing colors of the flora and the sunsets.