Category: Desert Southwest
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Death Valley NP’s Racetrack Playa
Racetrack Playa at California’s Death Valley National Park is hard to get to but worth the effort. It is home to the famous sailing or sliding rocks. I’ve posted images of them here before but I wanted to bring a friend for her first visit. The 27 mile highly-washboarded road is teeth rattling but you…
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Annual Trip To Eureka Dunes
I made my annual trip to Eureka Dunes at Death Valley National Park and was still blown away despite the cold temperatures. Along with my friend Lian, her first visit, we climbed to the very top of the dunes, some 700 feet on the first day and explored the smaller dunes the next morning. These…
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Photography Workshops For America’s Desert Southwest
I will be once again offering photography workshops for individuals and small groups. Beginners are more than welcome. We will get you to those hard to find places that you have seen me doing shoots. We offer hands-on training, image critique and software editing training. And since I have been an interpretive guide at…
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Yant Flat
This geologic anomaly is anything but flat. Located near St. George, Utah, at the base of the Pine Valley Mountains, this landscape is a gnarly, twisted abstract in nature. Along with some friends, I visited this spot for the first time even though I’ve lived near Yant Flat for the last 10 years. …
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Bryce Canyon Winter
Cold temperatures and snow have arrived at Bryce Canyon National Park as witnessed on the first full day of winter.
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A Frozen Willis Creek
I’ve been to Willis Creek’s slot canyon during the warmer months so I wasn’t expecting snow and ice the other day. It made for some slick navigation which shortened our hike. Willis Creek is located in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah.
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Cool Clay Beds
At the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah. This is an area that the Trump administration is reducing to half its original size. You can’t mess with this area and I believe this area is not being affected.