Daytime Photos From White Pocket

Sequel to the Milky Way photos posted earlier today.

 

Unusual sandstone rock formations are the main feature at White Pocket at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Milky Way Images From White Pocket

White Pocket is an area of the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Northern Arizona. You have to drive 25 miles on sandy and rocky roads to get there. 4-wheel drive required. Daytime photos to follow. Shot on Thursday evening.

 

The Milky Way appears over White Pocket at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

 

 

 

Colorful Clay Beds

Once again I had the opportunity to visit one of my favorite places in the Coyote Buttes of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Northern Arizona.  These clay beds get their color from minerals leeching through the porous Chinle Clay Bed layer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outside of The Wave

Second post of three from my recent hike through Coyote Buttes North and The Wave. The areas on the hike to and just beyond The Wave are incredible in their own right. Little known Sand Cove and Fatali’s Boneyard are fascinating.

This natural sculpture is known as The Second Wave.  The Wave is a tough act to follow but this isn’t too shabby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

s-coyote-buttes_7004The road was difficult.

 

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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