Northern Arizona Sunset

The sun doesn’t necessarily have to be in the shot for a good sunset image. Look away from the setting sun and you’ll see impressive color and light.

 

Light from a setting sun casts its colors on clouds from a passing rainstorm in Northern Arizona

 

 

 

 

Gooseberry Sunset

For sunset images, don’t always shoot towards the sun. But look to the opposite direction to see how the light varies. You’ll see the light change from white to yellow, from yellow to orange and then orange to red just before the sun sets.

 

The light from a setting sun shines on Gooseberry Mesa, adjacent to Zion National Park, Utah

 

 

 

 

 

Southwest Sunset

After finishing my early evening mountain bike through the desert sagebrush, I relaxed to another beautiful sunset as storm clouds passed.

 

Desert Flora at Sunset

While mountain biking this week near Gooseberry Mesa in Southern Utah, I captured some pics over a few evenings of the changing colors of the flora and the sunsets.

 

 

 

 

Cathedral Valley In Monochrome

Storm clouds appear over Cathedral Valley at Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eureka Dunes In Detail

The finer details of  Eureka Dunes at Death Valley National Park.

 

The shapes and lines at Eureka Dunes at Death Valley National Park, California

 

The shapes and lines at Eureka Dunes at Death Valley National Park, California

 

The shapes and lines at Eureka Dunes at Death Valley National Park, California

 

Tracks from a mammal appear in the sand dunes at Death Valley National Park, California

 

The shapes and lines at Eureka Dunes at Death Valley National Park, California

 

The shapes and lines at Eureka Dunes at Death Valley National Park, California

 

Eureka Valley at Death Valley National Park, California

 

The shapes and lines at Eureka Dunes at Death Valley National Park, California

 

 

Paria Clay Beds

Also known in geologic terms as the Chinle Formation located at Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. This spot is located at the old Paria Movie Set where The Outlaw Josie Wales was filmed. I half expected Clint Eastwood to come walking out of the landscape. These were shot an hour or two before sunset and with the clouds, made for some great light!

 

Colorful clay beds of the Chinle Formation are revealed due to erosion at the The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah
Colorful clay beds of the Chinle Formation are revealed due to erosion at the The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

 

Colorful clay beds of the Chinle Formation are revealed due to erosion at the The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

 

Colorful clay beds of the Chinle Formation are revealed due to erosion at the The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

 

Colorful clay beds of the Chinle Formation are revealed due to erosion at the The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

 

Colorful clay beds are revealed from erosion at the The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

 

Colorful clay beds of the Chinle Formation are revealed due to erosion at the The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

 

Colorful clay beds of the Chinle Formation are revealed due to erosion at the The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

 

Colorful Chinle Formation clay beds are revealed from erosion at the The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

 

Colorful clay beds of the Chinle Formation are revealed due to erosion at the The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

 

Colorful clay beds of the Chinle Formation are revealed due to erosion at the The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

Another Fine Southern Utah Sunset

From yesterday.

A motor home drives towards the setting sun in Southern Utah
An RV drives towards the setting sun in Southern Utah

 

The sun sets on the Southern Utah desert landscape.

 

The sun sets on the Southern Utah desertlandscape.

Rainbow Zion

Weather conditions were ripe for producing rainbows last Saturday.

A passing thunderstorm produces a rainbow at Zion National Park, Utah

 

A passing thunderstorm produces a rainbow at Zion National Park, Utah

 

A passing thunderstorm produces a rainbow at Zion National Park, Utah

 

A passing thunderstorm produces a rainbow at Zion National Park, Utah

 

A passing thunderstorm produces a rainbow at Zion National Park, Utah

 

A passing thunderstorm produces a rainbow at Zion National Park, Utah

 

A passing thunderstorm produces a rainbow at Zion National Park, Utah

Pine Valley Mountains In Snow

Recent snow has completely engulfed The Pine Valley Mountains in Southern Utah, just north of St. George.  The arctic white peaks are quite a contrast to the parched desert sagebrush in the lower elevations. Signal Peak is the highest point here at 10,365 feet. This range is located within Dixie National Forest and is about 40 miles west of Zion National Park.

 

Fresh snow has fallen on the Pine Valley Mountains, north of St. George, Utah
Fresh snow has fallen on the Pine Valley Mountains, north of St. George, Utah

 

Fresh snow has fallen on the Pine Valley Mountains, north of St. George, Utah