Category: Utah

You Better Be Thin, Adventurous & Have The Ability To Shapeshift.

Active Outdoors, Desert Southwest, Utah

Hiking through some of the slot canyons in Southern Utah can be intimidating and claustrophobic.

Hikers make their way through the narrow slot canyon called Spooky Gulch at The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.

Mesas, Buttes And A Dormant Volcano

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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

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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

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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.

Who Knew

Desert Southwest, National Parks, Photography, Utah, Zion

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 Caineville Badlands

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These are near Factory Butte badlands and not as stark but do have appeal. I need to explore this area more.

The Mineral rich badlands of Caineville Butte is composed of Mancos Shale while sulfur and gypsum deposits provide the yellow colort during erosion and weathering over millions of years.

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Video Of Desert Bighorn Sheep

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The rut is on and the Rams and Ewes don’t seem too interested. Maybe Later?

From Zion National Park this week. Watch ar HiDef at Full Screen. Music is Swinging Hawaii by Kitty, Daisy & Lewis athough I Get Around by The Beach Boys was considered.

Stark Images Of Factory Butte

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No, you’re not seeing images from my recent voyage to Mars (There is a Mars Research Station nearby).

These are the mostly abstract scenes around Factory Butte which is a ubiquitous landform in the area.

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Storm clouds surround Factory Butte at sunrise in Southern Utah.

Unreal Landscapes At Factory Butte

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It’s hard to fathom how this landscape in Southern Utah looks like it does but you have to get in the air to experience it yourself. This video saves you the trouble of getting airborne.

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