It’s in Southern Utah and only appreciated from above. It was 107 degrees when I filmed this and there was no shade as nothing grows in this area.
Watch in HiDef at Full Screen. Music is Oscar by Tosca
Tag: Geology
Some More Amazing Clay Beds
Another visit to the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. Trump plans to reduce this monument in size by 90%.
Why?
Still Images From Hanksville, Utah
You saw the video but here are some photos to enjoy.
Flyover Video Of Factory Buttes.
You wouldn’t want to get lost in this maze of badlands. Now we know why they call them badlands.
EWatch in HiDef at Full Screen. Music is Jai Dormi Sous L’eau by the French Band AIR.
Coyote Buttes- A Whimsical Product Of The Forces Of Nature.
Coyote Buttes, on the Arizona/Utah border, is a landscape that defies description. Freud would have trouble developing a diagnosis for this patient.
One look at it will put a smile on your face along with a frown. It’s situated at The Vermillion Cliffs National Monument and is well protected. At North Coyote Buttes, a trip to The Wave is only accessible for 20 daily fortunates who were victorious in the dreaded lottery put on by The Bureau of Land Management.
It’s a riot of abstractness, details, hues, textures, patterns and dizzying sandstone shapes. The Navajo Sandstone calcified dunes evolved into its current look due to erosion from winds and rains.
This is a repost from 2014..
At South Coyote Buttes, the unusual is the usual at this landscape. Grotesque shapes of rock cast by millions of years of weathering have produced a carnival of oddities that Barnum & Bailey would be proud of. I half expected a woman with a beard to come walking around the corner.
It seems as if someone put one of those curvy carnival mirrors out there to give Coyote Buttes it’s distorted look. But it is real. I think.
It’s highly believable that it took millions of years for the gods to create Coyote Buttes.
You just don’t put this together in a week.
Michael Andrew Just
Dawn2Dawn Photography
The Unusual Is The Usual Here
Near Monument Valley and Valley Of The Gods, Utah are some other interesting geologic wonders that defy description.
Still Photos – Valley Of The Gods
You saw the video, here are some still images I captured including some with a storm passing through.
Utah’s Valley Of The Gods
I didn’t feel the presence of any Gods but I definitely witnessed the work of Gods millions of years ago. Valley Of The Gods is Monument Valley’s handsome understudy but just as magnificent. The landscape is raw and unadulterated and the BLM has wisely and purposely left the road rough and uneven, making the drive through it hard earned. Music is the Pyramid Song by Radiohead. Watch in HiDef at Full Screen. Still Images to follow.
Over Utah’s Desert Landscape
An aerial video at the badlands of Factory Butte just east of Capitol Reef National Park. Watch in HiDef at Full Screen. Music is Parade by Rone.
Bryce Canyon Video
A sublime view of Bryce Canyon plus a cameo appearnance by one furry creature.Watch in HiDef at Full Screen.