An unexpected feature of Bryce Canyon National Park when I visited was the boldness of the crows. I know crows are a somewhat common bird, so it would seem photographing them wouldn’t be a challenge, but my encounters with them tended to be with ones…
Hoodoos are pillars of rock formed by erosion – basically a harder type of rock is at the top and keeps the softer rock from underneath from eroding at the same rate as the surrounding rock. In the case of Bryce Canyon National Park, there…
These little Side-blotched Lizards (Uta stansburiana) get their name from the dark patch behind their front legs, but the orange around their mouths and the blue speckles are quite nice.
Some still photographs of the Moab sky from 2021… these are all single exposures, including the ones with the star trails.
I’ve always wanted to fly in a helicopter, so while I was at Zion National Park, I decided to take a helo tour around the park. I took some videos too that I’ll have to share at some point as well.
At least this is what I assume they are referring to when they call parts of canyons a “reef”…
Petroglyphs are rock carvings made by removing a top layer of rock to reveal a different colored rock color below. Capitol Reef has a number of petroglyphs left here by earlier inhabitants of the area (and then subsequently vandalized by more recent inhabitants). I’m not…
Even without the arches, the landscapes in Arches National Park were pretty stunning…
And of course, there were arches to be seen in Arches National Park…
Ok – starting today I am going to make Fridays a day when I will just post 10 random photos with no descriptions or back-story… I’ve got way too many photos sitting in my archives just waiting to see the light of day because I…
