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| New photos added here, here, here, and here June 4, 2022 (Captions in red) | |||
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| Arches National Park | |||
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| Park Avenue | Balanced Pinnacle | The Three Gossips | |
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| How arches begin | Balanced Rock | North & South Windows | |
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| Turret Arch | Double Arch | Landscape Arch | |
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| Navajo Arch | Skyline Arch | Delicate Arch | |
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| Klondike Bluffs | Tower Arch | Looking west from inside Tower Arch | |
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| Tower from inside the arch | Broken Arch | Daring visitor on Broken Arch | |
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| Wall Arch, located on a trail a mile or so from the road, collapsed in 2008. Photo at left taken in 2002; photos on right courtesy NPS | |||
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| Dick with daughter Teri at Delicate Arch in 2015 | Massive
shapes above the wash east of Delicate Arch |
A section of the Delicate Arch trail |
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| Sand Dune Arch |
A close look under Skyline Arch |
Rocks that fell from Skyline Arch in 1940 |
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| This area has a dozen small man-made arches | The Penguins keep watch just above the visitor center |
Precarious pile of rock | |
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| View at the Fiery Furnace | The Great Wall | Near Courthouse Wash | |
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| Courthouse Wash | Petrified Sand Dunes | Teri and a hardy juniper | |
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| Tunnel Arch | Sandstone
formations at the Windows Area and the La Sal Mountains |
Dead juniper at Windows Area | |
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| Another view of Skyline Arch | Tourists entering North Window | Scrambling between the fins near Sand Dune Arch | |
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| Tunnel Arch from the Pine Tree Trail | Sandstone and juniper near Skyline Arch | Colorful soil along Salt Valley Road | |
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| Courthouse Tower | A close view of Courthouse Wash | Towers like this are scattered throughout the park | |
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| Moon and sandstone, March 2019 | A fantastic "growth" in the Devil's Garden | The Three Gossips look down on Sheep Rock | |
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The La Sal Mountains with the Colorado River canyon in foreground |
A wide view of Landscape Arch | Formations along the park road | |
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| Sandstone cliffs across the road from the Petrified Dunes | |||
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A misty, mysterious view of Landscape Arch |
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| Sandstone panorama from Devil's Garden Trail | |||
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| Tunnel Arch, with a small un-named arch to the left | |||
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| Looking across from Balanced Rock toward the Windows Section, La Sal Mountains in the background | |||
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| Sandstone takes on fantastic shapes near Double Arch | |||
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| A tourist contemplates the amazing formations across the road from Courthouse Tower | |||
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| Skyline Arch stands out in this distant panoramic view from the Salt Valley Road | |||
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| Dramatic sandstone panorama, with Colorado River gorge in foreground | |||
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| The Fiery Furnace | |||
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| The shapes of the junipers are endlessly fascinating | Formations near Tower Arch | Eye of the Whale Arch | |
| Arches National Park Official Site | |||
| Canyonlands
National Park More Information |
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| View from Visitor Center | Mesa Arch | View from White Rim Overlook | |
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| White Rim and Monument Basin | Near
Visitor Center; LaSal Mountains in background |
Shafer Trail | |
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| Another section of the trail | White Rim Road, 1200 feet below the plateau | View through Mesa Arch | |
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Another small arch in
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Cryptobiotic soil along the Mesa Arch trail |
The Green River | |
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| Temporary runoff waterfall in Canyonlands Park | Unexpected hail on the road as we drove out of the park | ||
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| The Monitor and the Merrimac - buttes on BLM land on the highway to Canyonlands | |||
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| Another view of the White Rim and Monument Basin | |||
| Canyonlands National Park Official Site KC Publications - Interpretive Books about America's National Parks | |||
| Zion National Park | |||
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| This cliff, right across the Virgin River from our campsite, went through a series of changing colors as the sun went down each night | |||
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| View from along the Pa'Rus Trail | Contrasting
colors and shapes as seen from the Emerald Pools Trail |
A series of four peaks from the Emerald Pools Trail | |
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| Cactus reminds us that this is desert country | Water falling into the lower Emerald Pool | View from just
above the lower pool; upper pool is against the cliff in the center |
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| Bigtooth maple provided spots of brilliant scarlet throughout the park | |||
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The Virgin River shines in the late afternoon sun | Cliffs near Zion Lodge | |
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Juniper along
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Hanging gardens along the Riverside Walk | We saw at
least a half dozen different flower species |
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| Cliffs above the Sand Bench Loop | Ponderosa pine
and bigtooth maple offer contrast along Highway 9 |
Teri steps into the Virgin River to hike the Narrows | |
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| No place to walk but in the water | In the Court of the Patriarchs | Another view | |
| Zion National Park Official Site | |||
| Bryce Canyon National Park | |||
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| You've been warned! | Looking down a narrow slot below the rim | The
"balanced rock" formation at center left is Thor's Hammer |
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| Another view of the Hammer | Odd shapes along the Navajo Loop | Looking up from the loop | |
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| This would make a good castle | Teri at the natural bridges | More sandstone towers | |
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| View across the canyon from the rim | View from Bryce Point | This is probably rabbit bush | |
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| Views from the Rim Trail between Inspiration Point and Sunset Point | |||
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| Highway 12 tunnel at Red Canyon | Weathered cliffs at Red Canyon | ||
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| Panoramic view from Navajo Loop | |||
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| Panorama of Red Canyon cliffs | |||
| Bryce Canyon National Park Official Site | |||
| Capitol Reef National Park | |||
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| Vertical fractures give this formation a unique look | The snow adds a frosted white layer to the red and gray sandstone |
Snow under the junipers in Capitol Reef | |
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| Sandstone formations along the Fremont River | |||
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| Panoramic view from the park road west of visitor center | |||
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| View along the park road | The trail into Capitol Gorge | Sandstone columns in groups of two to five | |
| Capitol Reef National Park | |||
| Dinosaur
National Monument More Information Slide Show |
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| Turtle Rock in Dinosaur National Monument | Another turtle rock? | Josie Bassett Morris' cabin | |
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| Box canyon where Josie corralled her cows | Multicolored rock near Split Mountain Area | The Green River near Split Mountain area | |
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Actual apatosaurus skull fossil |
Bones in the dinosaur fossil quarry |
Another rounded sandstone cliff | |
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| At the entrance to Sound of Silence Trail | A rare shady spot on the trail | View from the petroglyph trail | |
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Endless variety of shapes and color | Tilted layers | |
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| Without the trees, it would be a moonscape |
Just like the back window of an SUV |
The
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| The lizard is visible above the trail to the petroglyphs |
Flute player,
a common figure in southwest native culture |
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| Cliffs along the Green River | |||
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| Entrance to the Sound of Silence Trail | |||
| Elsewhere in Utah | |||
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| Sedimentary rock
east of Salt Lake on Interstate 80 |
Sheep Creek Canyon | Flaming Gorge Reservoir | |
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| Canyons and Uintas Mountains, northern Utah | Colorado River from Dead Horse Point State Park |
Colorado River along Utah |
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| More sandstone cliffs by the river | Sandstone formations along I-70, eastern Utah | Pass on I-70 through San Rafael Reef | |
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| Signs at San Rafael Reef highway construction site | |||
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| San Rafael Reef, eastern Utah | Looking south from highway | Eagle Canyon | |
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| Looking east from Eagle Canyon view point | Formations near Eagle Canyon | Navajo Lake on Highway 14 | |
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Natural bridge, Utah Highway 14 |
Another view of natural bridge | Cliff west of bridge | |
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| Highway 14, looking west toward Cedar City | Notch Peak | Along US 6 in western Utah | |
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| Rock formations along US 6 | Wasatch Mountains above Springville, UT | In Price Canyon on US 6 | |
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| Another view along Price Canyon | Old cabin on US 191 | Castle Valley Vista Point on I-70 | |
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| More views at Castle Valley Vista Point | |||
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| Panoramic view into Black Dragon Canyon | |||
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| Panoramic view from above Black Dragon Canyon | |||
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| Ghost Rock view | |||
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| A view at Castle Valley | View from Ghost Rock Vista | Another Ghost Rock view | |
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| View at Eagle Canyon Vista |
Colorado River below Red Cliffs Lodge |
Buttes across the highway from the lodge | |
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| Runoff from a storm created this one-day waterfall |
I-70 through the San Rafael Reef |
Mountains in Fishlake National Forest along I-70 | |
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| Snowy mountains south of Goblin Valley State Park |
Scattered hoodoos in Goblin Valley | Snowy summit on Utah Highway 20 | |
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| More Highway 20 snow | Sipapu Bridge, Natural Bridges National Monument | Wilson Arch, south of Moab | |
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Storm
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| Related Links | |||
| Arches National Park | |||
| Canyonlands National Park | Dinosaur National Monumewnt | Bryce Canyon National Park | |
| Capitol Reef National Park | Dead Horse Point State Park | ||
