I got brave last week and ventured out to the edge of this point that looks toward Marble Canyon and the Grand Canyon. I set up my camera on a tripod and set the timer to release the shutter every 15 seconds. That was as far as I got to the edge! Looked like a 2,000 foot drop below.
It has been a rough week at Zion National Park and this morning, a major rockfall blocked Highway 9, which travels through the park. Luckily, no one was injured. Road to be reopened tonight? Pic courtesy of NPS.
UPDATE- ROAD MAY NOT OPEN UNTIL WEEKEND BECAUSE OF INSTABILITY OF ROCKS ABOVE
Very few people know of them or have seen them. And Kolob Arch just may be the biggest arch in the world.
Below is Crawford Arch, AKA Bridge Mountain Arch. Named for an early settler, William Crawford, who received credit for noticing it first. Millions of people drive near it but don’t notice it. It is high up on the Zion Canyon walls. I didn’t take the first photo below. I wasn’t around then.
Below is Kolob Arch, which requires a 14 mile round trip jaunt to get to this spot. At approximately 287 feet wide, it is the world’s second largest arch behind Arches National Park’s Landscape Arch at 290 feet. But Landscape Arch is getting old and could collapse at anytime which would give Kolob the title. It doesn’t look like Kolob Arch is collapsing anytime soon.
I reluctantly snapped this photo of a cop parked alongside the road in Kanab, Utah. If you look closely, you’ll notice he’s a little stiff, sits tight and never speaks on his radio. I travel this road a lot and have seen him many times but he has never pulled anyone over. He just sits there motionless. And everyone slows down when approaching this vehicle, especially the out-of-towners.
This Western Gray Squirrel really wanted his picture taken. And to get my interest, it crept pretty close towards me and in an instant, flashed its big bushy tail. So became the tale of the tail.
Corona Arch near Moab, Utah comes with a smile. Not photoshopped!
The setting sun lights Coalmine Canyon afire in Northern Arizona. Click on photo to purchase a print.
This desert flower blooms at night and has an evil reputation because of its psychedelic powers. DO NO CONSUME THIS.
Per desertusa.com-
“The bristly fruit and stale-smelling leaves of the Sacred Datura speak to a more sinister side of the plant, to a dark and fearsome netherworld of poison and potential emotional collapse, physical sickness and even death. It suggests visions of the brooding and frightening forests of the Brothers Grimm. These parts of the plant have given rise to alternative names such as Devil’s Trumpet, Deadly Nightshade, Thorn Apple, Mad Apple, Hairy Jimson-weed, Stink Weed, Green Dragon and Locoweed.”
I wonder who was the first to find this out. You can purchase this image as a print or downloadable file at Dawn2dawnphotography.com/sacred datura
