Light gently covers the butte with soft hands, while the sky bows down in muted tones.

#photobyraykenny in Horseshoe Canyon South Wilderness Study Area, Utah. Butte is made of Navajo Sandstone and formed in an ancient desert. #AppreciatePublicLands #WSA #wildplaces #RockinTuesday #nature #hiking

For Day 15 of #AColoradAyPRIL theme #peach I bring you a beautiful blossom of the Brown-Spined Prickly-Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha). There is a bee & a beetle in the #wildflower so bonus points & a gold star if you can identify the type of bee or beetle. #macro #EastCoastKin #AppreciatePublicLands

For Day 15 of #AColoradAyPRIL theme #peach here’s a beautiful #wildflower of the Brown-Spined Prickly-Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha). Bonus points if you can identify the type of bee or beetle in the flower!

#macro #EastCoastKin #AppreciatePublicLands #parkchat #NationalParks #hiking #backpacking

A black carpenter bee enjoys the nectar from a Thelypody (Thelypody integrifolium). Photo taken in the #GrandCanyon. Day 9 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Black #WildflowerWednesay #bloomscrolling #naturephotography #bees #NationalParks #ParkChat #AppreciatePublicLands #desertbloom

A black carpenter bee enjoys the nectar from a Thelypody (Thelypody integrifolium). Photo taken in the #GrandCanyon.

Day 9 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Black
#WildflowerWednesay #bloomscrolling #naturephotography #bees #NationalParks #ParkChat #AppreciatePublicLands #desertbloom #macro

An aspen tree and the moon. #TreeTrunkTuesday #Treescape #naturephotography #AppreciatePublicLands #ThisLandIsYourLand

An aspen tree and the moon.

#TreeTrunkTuesday #Treescape #naturephotography #AppreciatePublicLands #ThisLandIsYourLand

For #RockinTuesday, how about some toadstools in the Esplanade Sandstone in the Grand Canyon? Toadstools form from differential weathering between a resistant cap rock, like sandstone, and a softer underlying rock unit, like shale. #AppreciatePublicLands #geology #AColoradAyPRIL #Brown #parkchat

For #RockinTuesday, how about some toadstools in the Esplanade Sandstone in the #GrandCanyon? Toadstools form from differential weathering between a resistant cap rock, like sandstone, and a softer underlying rock unit, like shale.

#AppreciatePublicLands #geology #AColoradAyPRIL #Brown #parkchat

A spritz of lavender and blood-orange, creates gauzy light, as the sun broils in wildfire haze. #photobyraykenny on the Sierra High Route during the Lion’s Wildfire in August 2018. Day 6 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Purple #SensoryArt #Light #smARTist #Wildfire #Stunday #AppreciatePublicLands #AnselAdams

A spritz of lavender and blood-orange,
creates gauzy light,
as the sun broils in wildfire haze.

#photobyraykenny on the Sierra High Route during the Lion’s Wildfire in August 2018.

Day 6 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Purple
#SensoryArt #Light
#smARTist #Wildfire
#Stunday
#AppreciatePublicLands
#AnselAdams

Light becomes shadow, as silhouettes pierce the sky in splinters of black #BlueSkyArtShow #Silhouette #photography #photobyraykenny #naturephotography #AppreciatePublicLands

Light becomes shadow, as silhouettes pierce the sky in splinters of black

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Silhouette
#photography
#photobyraykenny
#naturephotography
#AppreciatePublicLands

Sometimes it is all about the tree. Let’s continue to fight for and protect our public lands. Fremont Cottonwood in Halls Creek, Utah #GlenCanyonNRA #AppreciatePublicLands #scape #landscape #treescape #parkchat #SensoryArt #light #photobyraykenny

Sometimes it is all about the tree.

Let’s continue to fight for and protect our public lands. Fremont Cottonwood in Halls Creek, Utah

#GlenCanyonNRA #AppreciatePublicLands #scape #landscape #treescape #parkchat #SensoryArt #light #photobyraykenny

Good morning Blueskyers! Here’s a Hoary Comma butterfly on a tall blacktip ragwort flower (Senecio atratus) to add brightness to your day.

Day 3 of #AColoradAyPRIL #yellow
#SensoryArt #light #naturephotography #photobyraykenny #bloomscrolling #butterflies #wildflowers #AppreciatePublicLands

Although this is not a real eagle, it sure looks like one!

Taken in Waterpocket Fold March 23, 2025. Formation: Navajo Sandstone.

#WildlifeWednesday #Eagle #Landscape #photography #geology #GlenCanyonNRA #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces #photography

As walls draw me close, I reach for golden light. #photobyraykenny in Antelope Canyon, Az. This beautiful slot formed in the Navajo Sandstone which once was a large desert full of sand dunes. Day 30 of #MarchIntoLandscapes #Dune #Stunday #AppreciatePublicLands #nature #shotsinslots #photography

As walls draw me close, I reach for golden light.

#photobyraykenny in Antelope Canyon, Az. This beautiful slot formed in the Navajo Sandstone which once was a large desert full of sand dunes.

Day 30 of #MarchIntoLandscapes #Dune #Stunday #AppreciatePublicLands #nature #shotsinslots #photography

Our campsite along the Waterpocket Fold in Utah last weekend. This place was teaming with life. We had western screech owls, bobcats, and frogs serenading us all night long.
#AppreciatePublicLands
#GlenCanyonNationalRecreationArea #redrock #wildplaces #scape #landscape #EastCoastKin #backpacking

Day 27 of #MarchIntoLandscapes theme #Misty And sometimes the canyon just throws you moods. #GrandCanyon #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat

Day 27 of #MarchIntoLandscapes theme #Misty

And sometimes the canyon just throws you moods.

#GrandCanyon #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat

For #MarchArches, here is Angel Arch, the largest natural arch in Canyonlands. Some consider it the most spectacular arch in the entire canyon country! It is in a side canyon of Salt Creek Canyon, my favorite #backpacking area in Canyonlands.

#AppreciatePublicLands #NationalParks #parkchat #nature

The beautiful and iconic Thunder River Springs in Grand Canyon National Park. #WaterfallWednesday #NationalParks #Parkchat #photobyraykenny #GrandCanyon #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces

The beautiful and iconic Thunder River Springs in Grand Canyon National Park.

#WaterfallWednesday #NationalParks #Parkchat #photobyraykenny #GrandCanyon #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view” - Edward Abbey #photobyraykenny taken March 22, 2022 in the #GrandCanyon #RockinTuesday #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat #Wildplaces #packrafting #packraft #backpacking

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view” - Edward Abbey

#photobyraykenny taken March 22, 2022 in the #GrandCanyon
#RockinTuesday #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat #Wildplaces #packrafting #packraft #backpacking

Here is a rarely seen Arch for #MarchArches. It is called Zane Grey Arch in the greater Escalante River drainage area. You can only get there by watercraft and then hiking. #packraft #packrafting #AppreciatePublicLands #MonumentsForAll #wildplaces

Here is a rarely seen Arch for #MarchArches. It is called Zane Grey Arch in the greater Escalante River drainage area. You can only get there by watercraft and then hiking.

#packraft #packrafting #AppreciatePublicLands #MonumentsForAll #wildplaces #MarchIntoLandscapes #untouched

The curves sway and undulate in patterns, carved by water, reaching through time.

#photobyraykenny of Willis Creek Slot in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Geologic Formation: Navajo Sandstone

#SensoryArt #Texture #MonumentsForAll #AppreciatePublicLands

“Time in nature soothes my soul’s lovely wild” - Angie Weiland-Crosby

#photobyraykenny in the Dirty Devil Wilderness Area, UT. We must continue to fight for these wild spaces.

#WSA #redrock #protectwildutah #AppreciatePublicLands
#Stunday #ShotsInSlots

The moon pokes through while the sun is setting, lighting up cliffs of the Claron Formation.

#photobyraykenny taken near Tropic, UT.

#BlueSkyArtShow, #Sunlight #BryceCanyon #NationalParks #Parkchat #AppreciatePublicLands #naturephotography

OK, so I just love the theme #jagged for Day 14 #MarchIntoLandscapes. So here is a 2nd photo for jagged of the Needles District in #Canyonlands. Does it get anymore jagged than this?? #parkchat #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastkin #Rockscape

OK, so I just love the theme #jagged for Day 14 #MarchIntoLandscapes. So here is a 2nd photo for jagged of the Needles District in #Canyonlands. Does it get anymore jagged than this??

#parkchat #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastkin #Rockscape

Day 14 of #MarchIntoLandscapes, theme #Jagged

The Weiminuche High Route is an incredible 50-mile scramble/off-trail hike near Durango, CO. This photo is of Jagged Peak on the way up to Leviathion Peak Pass thetrek.co/the-weminuch...

#Scape #Landscape #naturephotography #appreciatepubliclands

View of the Raplee Anticline in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

#RockinTuesday #geology #naturephotography #photobyraykenny #appreciatepubliclands #wildplaces

Any Penstemaniacs? Seriously, there is an American Penstemon Society that focuses only on penstemons. This Palmer Penstemon is amazing! It actually have a hairy stamen that looks like a tongue!

#photobyraykenny #appreciatepubliclands #MacroMonday #naturephotography #nature #parkchat #GrandCanyon

Good morning Blueskyers! You can always find sunshine if you look for it.
#Stunday #photobyraykenny #GrandCanyon #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #parkchat #landscapephotography

For the #BlueSkyArtShow, theme #windows I bring you a natural rock “window” formed by erosion. Photo taken in Whitmore Wash, Grand Canyon. #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #Parkchat #geology #photographersofbluesky #naturephotography

For the #BlueSkyArtShow, theme #windows I bring you a natural rock “window” formed by erosion.

Photo taken in Whitmore Wash, Grand Canyon.

#NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #Parkchat #geology #photographersofbluesky #naturephotography

Good morning Blueskyers! Here’s a beautiful sunrise from last week in Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Az. Mantra for the day: “be where your feet are”

#Scape #Landscape #MarchIntoLandscapes #Pristine #naturephotography #AppreciatePublicLands #MonumentsforAll #EastCoastkin

Day 3 of #MarchIntoLandscapes theme #Picturesque

#photobyraykenny taken September 13, 2024 in #SanJuanNationalForest

Now is a time to be vigilant as our Parks, Forests, and other public lands are potentially at risk.

#landscapephotography #AppreciatePublicLands #Wildplaces #MountainMonday

Day 2 of #MarchIntoLandscapes, theme #hiddengem

There are many hidden gems in the Grand Canyon that remain unseen to many. This is just one.

#photobyraykenny taken May 8, 2018.
#Stunday #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #NationalParks #Parkchat #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces

“A tree spreads out to grab the sky with fists of leaves”

#photobyraykenny taken April 3, 2018 in #CapitolReef National Park.

#Treescape #EastCoastKin #NationalParks #ParkChat #AppreciatePublicLands #WildPlaces #Stunday #photography