An Amazing Half Hour

In the span of 30 minutes, the full moon was rising from the East while the sun was setting to the West.

A full moon rises above the sandstone rock formations in the Kolob Terrace section of Zion National Park, Utah.



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The sun sets along Gooseberry Mesa as seen from Zion National Park in Southern Utah.

Images Of The Grand Canyon Minus The Canyon

There’s a lot more to Grand Canyon National Park and surrounding area than just the canyon. Wildflowers, Aspen tree and Ponderosa Pine forests make up much of the remaining landscape in Northern Arizona.

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Video Of Grand Canyon From The Kaibab

An aerial view looking west to the Grand Canyon at Timp Point in the Kaibab National Forest in Northern Arizona.

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Mesas, Buttes And A Dormant Volcano

Sweeping video during sunset of mesas, buttes and a dormant volcano just outside Zion National Park, Utah.

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Zion Rut: The Movie

Video of the Desert Bighorn Sheep engaging (Or Not) in this year’s rut at Zion National Park, Utah.

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The Rut Is On At Zion

I’ve probably driven the road through the eastside of Zion National Park well over 2,000 times(Was a park ranger there) and had never seen so many Desert Bighorn Sheep as I did the other day. Must of been 40 of them including 10 Rams. It’s the rutting season and seemingly everyone showed up. This was at 7:00 a.m.

These images had an ethereal look to them because the backdrop is Checkerboard Mesa, one of the most scenic sandstone features at Zion. Video to follow.

Desert Bighorn Sheep Rams are active during the mating season known as the rut.

Checkerboard Mesa backdrop.

Desert Bighorn Sheep are known for their ability to cling to precarious ledges which is their defense from predators.

Nervous Ewes.

Video Of Changing Hues And Colors

Using Adobe software, I took some images and changed the hues and colors and combined them in a video.

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Who Knew

I’ve lived in the Zion National Park area for the last 16 years but until recently, did not know these 2 interesting artifacts existed nearby. Less than an hours drive are some dinosaur tracks and Native American Indian rock art know as pictographs. Pictographs are painted onto the rock and petroglyphs are carved into the sandstone.

The figure of a man is on the right and on the left is a small Desert Bighorn Sheep.

The dinosaur that made these tracks is the Dilophosaurus which resided in this area about 190 million years ago during the Jurassic Period.

The Pristine Kaibab National Forest

You may remember the video post showing the fire damaged area of Kaibab National Forest from summer of 2025, Link . Here’s a flyover video from last week showing the area not damaged. The western part of the North Kaibab which is adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park.

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Grand Canyon Drama

Recent monsoons have passed through Grand Canyon National Park the last 5 weeks, bringing much-needed rain and angry skies. Click on image for a larger view.