A thriving, healthy juniper tree grows directly out of a dome-shaped rocky outcrop. Its dark green needles stand in contrast to the deep blue sky behind, streaked with wispy clouds.
Alive and thriving: Needles district, Canyonlands N.P.
#blueskymonday #eck #landscapephotography #canyonlands #hiking #juniper #slickrock #sandstone #boulders #bluesky
The twisted remnant of a dead juniper tree stands sentinel atop a boulder-strewn outcrop on a vast sandstone plain under a deep blue sky with wispy clouds. Another dead tree can be seen in the middle distance at right.
Resilience: Needles district, Canyonlands N.P.
#blueskymonday #eck #landscapephotography #deadtree #canyonlands #hiking #slickrock #utah #juniper #bluesky
It's so warm here today, people were visiting the river. It's ice cold now because of the snowmelt.
#SlickRock #ThreeRivers
Hiking around on Utah slickrock! At night, desert bighorn sheep come down to the rainwater-filled potholes to drink.
#slickrock #utahgeology
Prominent spur of whitish sandstone juts out over a canyon at right, with the redder rocks of a sandstone formation below and across the canyon. Pinnacles of white sandstone tower upward, with wisps of fog or low clouds breaching the canyon rim.
Fog clearing: Hwy. 12, Calf Creek, Utah
#scenic #vista #landscapephotography #utah #hogback #hwy12 #escalante #fog #overlook #sandstone #slickrock
Two men are seen from behind as they walk carefully down a sloping spur of red sandstone against a deep blue clear sky. The bulk of the image is taken up by the richly textured, mottled-hued face of a sandstone arch - although the arch itself isn't visible in this magnified view.
Turn around - don't fall down: tourists descend on slickrock toward the base of Corona Arch near Moab, Utah.
#blueskymonday #eastcoastkin #utah #moab #hiking #arches #slickrock #sandstone #redrock #tourists
Well, today's hiking theme seems to be #slickrock. You'll hear no complaints from me.
#hiking
#landscapes
#Arizona
Pocket gardens atop Dance Hall Rock in Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument, #Utah
#slickrock #wilderness #escalante #coloradoplateau #sandstone #geology #hiking
Calf Creek Utah from slides in the early 80’s #calfcreek #calfcreekfalls #utah #southernutah #slickrock #sandstone #grandstaircaseescalantenationalmonument #tinajas #oldslides
Two large fat knobs point at the sky with the front sides covered with desert varnish. A couple hikers can be seen really small on top to give feeling of size. They stand out against the blue sky.
The hike to Navajo Knobs looks down on Hickman Bridge, follows cairns along giant slickrock slabs, and overlooks Castle Rock. Then, you can climb the knobs from their back sides.
Capitol Reef National Park
#nationalparks #hiking #trails #deserts #Utah #slickrock #CapitolReef
First they fascinate the fools, then they muzzle the intelligent. -- Bertrand Russell ⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BertrandRussell #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Propaganda ⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon ...
First they fascinate the fools, then they muzzle the intelligent.
-- Bertrand Russell
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BertrandRussell #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Propaganda
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon ...
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists
👉 Vote 'em Out!
Swirling bands of slickrock rise toward an overlying horizontal strata at right, with a low sandstone peak rising above. On the horizon at left sits a pair of sandstone domes, beneath a blue sky streaked with white clouds.
Mostly #bluesky for #BlueSkyMonday - here seen from the northern side of the Red Breaks in #EscalanteGrandStaircase.
#slickrock #EastCoastKin #sandstone #geology #layering #stratification #desert #hiking #offthegrid #deadreckoning #Utah #nationalmonument
A pristine blue sky carves out a bowl above this set of sandstone cliffs. The cliffs are banded with shades of red, yellow and brown. At the bottom of the image we see the greenery of bushes and trees that would indicate a watercourse nearby.
Along the trail to Lower Calf Creek Falls for #BlueSkyMonday
#landscapephotography #sandstone #canyonlands #escalante #hiking #utah #wilderness #slickrock #EastCoastKin
A mature cottonwood tree grows out of the depths of a sinkhole in a huge sandstone monolith. We see its shadow cast starkly against the red rock wall behind it. The rest of the flat, enclosed basin is covered in grama grass and low desert scrub. A large shadowed space to the right of the tree appears to be another sinkhole. The sky above is brilliant blue.
Gotta watch your step atop Dance Hall Rock in Grand Staircase-Escalante Natl. Mon. - they don't call it #slickrock for nuthin', and if you fall in getting out will be a problem.
#RockInTuesday #utah #hiking #sandstone #wilderness #escalante #holeintherockroad #pocketgarden #geology #redrock
Black and white view of a bowl-shaped sandstone structure showing clear lines of stratification and cross-hatching. The foreground shows several lines of dark-colored rocks leading to a larger collection of rocks. At lower right is a small tree growing out of the rock; at top, against the dark-toned sky, a steeper dome is crowned by a castle-like turret.
#Slickrock #scape along the old mail road btwn. Escalante and Boulder, UT.
#eastcoastkin #blackandwhite #classicmono #landscapephotography #hiking #utah #escalante #grandstaircase #stratigraphy #banding #geology
A young woman in a sunhat directs her gaze to the huge, weather-stained sandstone wall on her right. She's using a walking stick to hike up the narrow valley to the left. There's a dead tree at the foot of the wall. The sky is featureless.
Reading the rock: on the trail to Eye of Sinbad
#humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #hiking #wilderness #utah #sanrafaelswell #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #slickrock #deadtree
A mass of textured rock seems to flow like a river from upper right to lower left across this image. In the background we see a crenulated butte rising against an almost featureless dark sky. A few puffy clouds are present.
The weight of the world
#Stunday #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #whitepocket #hiking #wilderness #publiclands #eastcoastkin #slickrock #sandstone
Flying near Lake Powell, a few weeks back. #drone #slickrock
True friends OTB together
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#mtb #enduromtb #broslides #beer #poopfairy #neature #rubberchicken #dawnpatrol #dji #osmoaction #venturefarlaughhard #otb #fail #slickrock
A massive hoodoo with a huge, chisel-shaped red rock atop its white sandstone body towers upward from the viewpoint of the camera. Just beside and in front of it stands a much smaller hoodoo. Below that, pillowy white rock slopes downward. The sky is a featureless cerulean blue.
Chiselhead: a striking #hoodoo among the rimrocks at GSENM
#stunday #grandstaircase #landscapephotography #utah #hiking #wilderness #backofbeyond #geology #erosion #eastcoastkin #slickrock #nationalmonument
A determined pine tree sprouts from a pocket patch of soil on the rocky surface of a slickrock peak. At left middle distance is a higher rock pinnacle. Between the two, in a canyon or defile, grows a pair of larger pines. The sky in this black and white image is featureless.
Topsoil poor: just off Hwy. 12 e. of Escalante, Utah
#MountainMonday #slickrock #sandstone #pinetree #canyoncountry #utah #hiking #grandstaircase #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #wilderness
Have you ever seen a Happy French White Antelope?! You could if you walk through enough canyons!
#Utah #SlotCanyon #PublicLand
#FridayFavorites #Backpacking #Arizona #Nature #Slickrock #Canyons #GetOutside
Morning, Reflection Canyon, Glen Canyon NRA #Photography #GlenCanyonNationalRecreationArea #ReflectionCanyon #Utah #desert #sunrise #lakepowell #backpacking #slickrock #canyon
A large sandstone mesa with an impressive checkerboard pattern.
Checkerboard Mesa, Zion National Park, Utah. July 2021.
#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #utah #publiclands #southwest #nationalparks #mountains #slickrock #zion #protectourparks #redrocks #outdoors
I'm putting lines on a map and it's always a challenge to decide between revisiting old favorites and exploring new areas. Some of each seems appropriate. Sure it'll be great, come what May.🌞✌️
#Utah #Backpacking #Thruhike #AcrossUtah #Canyons #Slickrock #PublicLand #GetOutside
A unique rock formation shaped by eons of wind, water, and the freeze/thaw cycle, high on a ridge in a massive slickrock wilderness.
Bizarre rock formation, high on a slickrock ridge in (for now) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. April 2022.
#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #utah #southwest #redrocks #desert #publiclands #nationalmonuments #geology #slickrock #wilderness #mountains #protectourparks
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