Tag: National Monument
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Gold Butte National Monument
Never heard of it? It is an area northeast of Las Vegas that President Obama set aside in 2016. Trump wants to shrink it. It comprises some 300,000 acres of pure and unadulterated desert landscape and is home to Desert Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Lions. I loved the remoteness. We camped about 20 miles from…
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A Frozen Willis Creek
I’ve been to Willis Creek’s slot canyon during the warmer months so I wasn’t expecting snow and ice the other day. It made for some slick navigation which shortened our hike. Willis Creek is located in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah.
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Cool Clay Beds
At the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah. This is an area that the Trump administration is reducing to half its original size. You can’t mess with this area and I believe this area is not being affected.
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What Do High-Color, Closeups, Raindrops and Abstractness Have In Common
They are the by-products of a rainy day at the 13th Annual Wildflower Festival at Cedar Breaks National Monument in Southern Utah.
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I’d Rather Be….. Hiking With Friends at Buckskin Gulch or Spooky?
This was from a few years ago but the same friends are visiting in a few weeks. Maybe Buckskin Gulch or Hole In the Rock Road’s Spooky Gulch. OR
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Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
The monument is in good health as we caught this landscape at sundown and moonrise.
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Coyote Buttes In The Abstract
Al, Coyote Buttes and The Wave at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument offer some intriguing sandstone rock formations, especially in the abstract. Something abstract doesn’t represent a thing or object realistically, but just a small part. Abstract photography concentrates on form, lines, shape, color, patterns and texture. All of the images from this series are available…
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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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White Pocket- Part Three- Black and White
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