Agathla Peak, near Kayenta, Arizona.
Of all of the contorted features of the landscape in the Four Corners region, Agathla Peak and its twin volcanic cinder cone at Shiprock, New Mexico, are somehow my favorites. Perhaps I read too much Tolkein when I was a boy, but they make me think of the landscape of Mordor: dramatic, oppressive, magnificent.
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Ruddy sandstone.
For any black and white photos in this series from Arches National Park, the red tones in this boulder can be substituted with relative accuracy. The Arches Motto: “Red rocks, we got ‘em!”
Ruddy sandstone.
For any black and white photos in this series from Arches National Park, the red tones in this boulder can be substituted with relative accuracy. The Arches Motto: “Red rocks, we got ‘em!”
Double Arch, Arches Naitonal Park.
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Double Arch, Arches Naitonal Park.
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The Courthouse Tower, Arches National Park.
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The Courthouse Tower, Arches National Park.
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Singleleaf ash (Fraxinus anomala) and the Tower of Babel, in Arches National Park.
Singleleaf ash (Fraxinus anomala) and the Tower of Babel, in Arches National Park.
Clouds, from the banks of the Colorado River along State Route 128 in Grand County, Utah.
The GPS insisted that we keep to the relative safety of US Route 191, nattering at us: “Turn around now. Turn around now.” If we had we would have missed one of the most splendid roads in North America.
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