Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

The monument is in good health as we caught this landscape at sundown and moonrise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Northern Arizona Sunset

But they’re all good, especially the light from a setting sun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some More Sand Dune Pics!

Additional images from Death Valley National Park’s Ibex Dunes. You’ll notice on some of these images that the lines in the sand are not holding. Your monitor and the fact that the internet can only handle 72 dpi images are the reasons some of the tight lines in the sand dunes appear fuzzy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunset at Zion

You don’t have to have the sun in the photo to get good sunset images. The light from the setting sun provides some vibrant colors.

 

 

 

 

White Pocket-Part Two

More from Mars!

Unusual rock formations produced through millions of years of erosion form the landscape at White Pocket at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Pocket Is Simply Amazing. First Of 3 Posts.

I’ve been out there 4 or 5 times but the light approaching sunset was almost-perfect this time.  White Pocket is an area in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Northern Arizona. It’s a difficult drive on sandy roads to get there, but well worth the struggle.  One vehicle that only had 2-wheel drive got stuck in the sand and was only rescued when a Jeep Wrangler with a winch showed up and saved this couple a large towing bill.

 

Unusual rock formations produced through millions of years of erosion form the landscape at White Pocket at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two Mesas

A few shots from in and around Gooseberry and Hurricane Mesas.

 

 

 

 

Marble Canyon Sunset

Light from a setting sun shines upon Marble Canyon in Northern Arizona.

 

Light from a setting sun shines on Marble Canyon at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

 

 

Highlights and Shadows

Sunlight penetrates clouds from a passing thunderstorm, producing sunbeams along Marble Canyon in Northern Arizona.

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.