Tag: Coyote Buttes
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The Wave
It’s hard to get a permit and was even harder getting there because of muddy roads due to recent heavy rains but me and some first timers had a ball!
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Another Trip To The Clay Beds
Had to bring another photography friend to the clay beds at Coyote Buttes. Lian had never seen anything quite like this place.
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Colorful Clay Beds
Made another trip last week to one of my favorite places. Clay beds in the Coyote Buttes area of Northern Arizona. Colors are a product of minerals leeching through the Chinle Layer, mostly made of clay.
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Outside of The Wave
Second post of three from my recent hike through Coyote Buttes North and The Wave. The areas on the hike to and just beyond The Wave are incredible in their own right. Little known Sand Cove and Fatali’s Boneyard are fascinating.
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The Wave Revisited
It had been 3 years since I last won a lottery permit to visit The Wave at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. More and more people are showing up for the dreaded lottery so its been difficult to get a permit. They only issue 10 per day for walk ins and I was fortunate to get…
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Paw Hole
Paw Hole is an area at South Coyote Buttes that is part of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. Its unusual sandstone rock formations are a photographer’s playland.
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Some More Surreal Clay Bed Images
The location for these clay beds is very close to my formerly somewhat secret spot of colorful clay beds.
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Frozen In Time- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument’s White Pocket
Constant erosion from wind and water over the last 200 million years have produced some sandstone oddities that are worth the effort to drive to. White Pocket is about 20 miles from any paved road so few venture to it. The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument is a place that deserves protection. See all my photos…
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My Somewhat Secret Spot
My friend and fellow WP blogger Kelly Guymon and I visited the Coyote Buttes area Sunday along the Arizona/Utah border, home of The Wave and other geological anomalies. One spot we checked out were some colorful clay beds that not many people know about. They are hidden. But when we got to the secluded trail…