I used my Google Pixel 2 Phone to get these images and none were altered in any way! Amazing Camera Phone. This is The Narrows at Zion National Park, Utah.
Another Trek Up My Favorite Hike Anywhere!
Tag: Geology
The Grand Grand Canyon
From last week’s trip to the North Rim.
You drive through thick Ponderosa Pine forests to get to the rim.
Along with Aspen Tree Forests
Zion’s Hop Valley
Little-traveled Hop Valley in Zion National Park is an enigma wrapped around a riddle. It’s sublime but also bewitching. The valley itself is flat but ringed by distorted rock formations that left me with a smile on my face along with a frown. Evil storm clouds hovering nearby added to the carnival.
Coalmine Canyon
Coalmine Canyon in Northern Arizona straddles the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations. Both claim Coalmine Canyon as theirs but whichever way you slice it, Coalmine is magnificent. I recently met a Hopi Indian Tribal Leader traveling through Zion National Park and she informed me that photography and painting are not allowed on Hopi land. She did offer to show me their land, which the Hopi deem very sacred. I plan to follow up with her next time I visit the area.
On this day, gusting winds reaching 50 mph made photography difficult if fruitless, but I managed and hopefully all of these images are on Navajo Tribal Land.
Cathedral Valley Sunset
More from Capitol Reef National Park’s amazing Cathedral Valley.
Some Local R & R
Camped just outside of Zion NP this week and relaxed, read my book about Zen by Suzuki, did lots of mountain biking(This area has some of the best mountain biking in the country) and tried out my new camera! These images came out really sharp!
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
The monument is in good health as we caught this landscape at sundown and moonrise.
Colorful Clay Beds
Once again I had the opportunity to visit one of my favorite places in the Coyote Buttes of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Northern Arizona. These clay beds get their color from minerals leeching through the porous Chinle Clay Bed layer.
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.
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 one. About 5o people showed up for this days’ lottery. A few years ago, only 7 showed up for a weekday drawing in January. On one day during the this past year’s Christmas Holidays, 390 hopefuls showed up for the 10 spots, an all-time record.
This is the first of three posts. This first post will show images of The Wave proper. The second post will be from Sand Cove, an unusual geologic wonderland nearby. The third post will showcase abstract images from these two areas.
My friend and photography protege Alison shot a number of the images in these 3 posts and also served as a great model!
The nearby Second Wave.