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 and buttes. But specific sizes of each land form are not normally defined.
Mesas, Buttes and Plateaus make up the landscape near Fredonia, Arizona
Storm clouds hover over Gooseberry Mesa in Southern Utah. The smaller hills at the base can be categorized as buttes.
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September 21, 2017 | Categories: Arizona, Desert Southwest, Utah | Tags: Arizona, Buttes, Desert, Geology, Mesas, Plateau, Southwest, utah | 1 Comment
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.
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September 1, 2017 | Categories: Desert Southwest, Flowers, Utah | Tags: clouds, Desert, Flora, Mesa, Sagebrush, Southwest, Sunset, utah, Vegetation, Yucca | 1 Comment
Not only is the Milky Way apparent in the sky, but so are the Sacred Datura Flowers that bloom through the night. Shot on different nights in Zion Canyon at Zion National Park, Utah
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August 26, 2017 | Categories: Desert Southwest, Flowers, National Parks, Utah, Zion | Tags: Bloom, Flora, flower, Milky Way, National Park, Night, Night Sky, sacred datura, Stars, utah, Zion, zion canyon | 12 Comments
From Zion National Park area
The Milky Way appears on a moonless night over The Watchman at Zion National Park, Utah
The Milky Way appears on a moonless night over Eagle Crags adjacent to Zion National Park, Utah
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August 20, 2017 | Categories: Desert Southwest, National Parks, Utah, Zion | Tags: Galaxy, Milky Way, New Moon, Night Sky, Stars, utah, watchman, zion national park | 5 Comments
More natural looking scenes at Zion’s Kolob Terrace.
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August 7, 2017 | Categories: Desert Southwest, National Parks, Utah, Zion | Tags: Kolob Terrace, Sandstone, Southern Utah, Sunset, utah, Zion, zion national park | 10 Comments
Heavy rains yesterday produced this waterfall at Zion National park, Utah
An ephemeral waterfall appears at Zion National Park during a summer rainstorm.
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July 25, 2017 | Categories: Desert Southwest, National Parks, Utah, Zion | Tags: Ephemeral, National Park, utah, Waterfall, Zion | 8 Comments
Conditions were ripe tonight for a summer rainbow as a passing storm with a setting sun produced some magic! A faint second rainbow is visible.
Panorama
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July 16, 2017 | Categories: Desert Southwest, National Parks, Utah, Weather, Zion | Tags: Double Rainbow, Rainbow, Storm, utah, Weather, zion national park | 5 Comments
Monsoonal thunderstorms visited the Gooseberry Mesa area near Zion National Park, Utah. The play with sunlight and landscape produced some dramatic scenes. These images and more are available for purchase as prints or downloadable files at Latest Images at Dawn 2 Dawn Photography
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July 15, 2017 | Categories: Desert Southwest, National Parks, Seasons, Utah, Weather, Zion | Tags: Dark Clouds, erosion, Geology, Gooseberry Mesa, Mesa, Monsson, Southern Utah, Sunlight, Thunderstorm, utah, zion national park | 2 Comments
Temperatures over 100 degrees and monsoonal moisture have arrived at Zion National Park, Utah.
Threatening clouds pass over Cave Valley at Zion National Park, Utah
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July 14, 2017 | Categories: Desert Southwest, Flowers, National Parks, Seasons, Utah, Zion | Tags: Cave Valley, Moisture, Monsoon, National Park, Storm, Thunderstorm, utah, Zion, zion canyon | 3 Comments
In the high country near Zion National Park, you can escape the sweltering heat below at Kolob Terrace. Monsoonal moisture is now starting to enter Southern Utah yielding more relief and some refreshing greenery. That’s where I went yesterday. Eighty degrees is much more bearable than 105 degrees.
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July 14, 2017 | Categories: In The Country, Utah, Weather, Zion | Tags: Aspens, clouds, Farmland, Kolob Terrace, Pasture, Pond, Reflection, Trees, utah, zion national park | 6 Comments
