The Unusual Is The Usual Here

Near Monument Valley and Valley Of The Gods, Utah are some other interesting geologic wonders that defy description.

Multiple colors appear in different geologic layers in Southern Utah near Mexican Hat.

Aerial View Of Long Dong Silver

Followup video to yesterday’s post of still images.

The Unusual Is The Usual In Utah

From Yesterday.

An unusual sandstone rock formation called Long Dong Silver near Hanksville, Utah

 

 

 

These Are Called Teepees But Not The Kind You Can Live In

These geologic anomalies are not too rare in Southern Utah. These can be spotted in Zion National Park near Hop Valley. These images and more can be purchased as wall art at What’s New At D2D

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The Amazing Wahweap Hoodoos

From Friday’s 10 mile trek up Wahweap Wash in Southern Utah. We explored this carnival of anomalies and timeless products of erosion and produced these images.

It’s part of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, a landscape that Trump wants to reduce in size by about 50%.  Environmental groups such as SUWA, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance,  https://suwa.org/     are fighting this madness.  Can’t imagine oil and gas wells populating this land.

 

The distinctive sandstone rock formations know as the Wahweap Hoodoos stand out in the Southern Utah landscape.

 

The Temple Of Silence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hop Valley at Zion National Park, Utah

The Peculiar South Coyote Buttes

Located within Vermilion Cliffs National Monument on the Utah/ Arizona border, this landscape is one of a kind.  Sandstone anomalies produced through millions of years of erosion has given this place its look. And its not easy to get to especially on a cold, windy day.

 

Unusually shaped and colored rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusually shaped and colored rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

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Unusually shaped and colored rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusually shaped and colored rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusually shaped and colored rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusually shaped and colored rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusually shaped and colored rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusually shaped and colored rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

 

The Nautilus

The aptly name Nautilus is an unusual rock formation carved by erosion in Southern Utah.

 

The wash leading up to The Nautilus
The wash leading up to The Nautilus

 

Unusually shaped rock formation called The Nautilus located in Southern Utah

 

Unusually shaped rock formation called The Nautilus located in Southern Utah

 

Unusually shaped rock formation called The Nautilus located in Southern Utah

 

Unusually shaped and colored rock formation located in Southern Utah
Unusually shaped and colored rock formation just before The Nautilus.

Paw Hole

Paw Hole is an area at South Coyote Buttes that is part of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. Its unusual sandstone rock formations are a photographer’s playland.

 

Unusual sandstone rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusual sandstone rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusual sandstone rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusual sandstone rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusual sandstone rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusual sandstone rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusual sandstone rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusual sandstone rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusual sandstone rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

Unusual sandstone rock formations make up the landscape at South Coyote Buttes at The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

This Just In ! The Earth Has 2 Moons!

I shot the 2 full moons the other day near Lake Powell, Arizona.

 

A full moon rises over Lake Powell at The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area at Page, Arizona

 

 

The moon rises over Lake Powel at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near Page Arizona

 

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NASA puzzled.

 

25 Life Lessons from Albert Einstein
Einstein’s theories now sadly in question.

 

Going to have to change headline.
Going to have to change headline to”Men Walk On One Of The Moons”

 

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Trump: “I told you so”.

 

President Obama to address the nation tonight
President Obama to address the nation tonight

 

Mulder and Scully to investigate
Mulder and Scully to investigate

 

i want to

 

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