Land of Standing Rocks
Late-day light glances off the La Sal Mountains and lingers on the gorgeous sandstone sculptures that make up The Windows in Arches National Park, Utah. The lighter, low-slung, peach-colored domes in the foreground toward the right are Navajo sandstone, and this layer also forms the base for the numerous towers, fins, and windows. Sitting on top of the Navajo stone is the much redder, crinkly, almost blocky looking Dewey Bridge member of the Entrada layer. The Slick Rock member of the Entrada forms the more massive, homogeneous layer on top of the Dewey Bridge rock. All that said, I think one word aptly sums up the synthesis of all these geologic elements: sublime.
This photo was taken on Christmas Day after a light dusting of snow. The real storm was to descend two days later on the day we tried to find my godfather's camp in the trackless canyons that can be seen here in the distance at the feet of the La Sals. I previously posted the story of trying to find him to deliver a bottle of rye in the middle of a storm that dropped 8 inches so quickly we could not find our steps on the way back. Thankfully I had traced out a route via GPS and the batteries in the phone held well enough with minimal, careful use. As an epilogue to that story, I recently found out that my godfather did indeed find the rye several weeks later since we left a message where it was stashed with a friend in town who he occasionally calls. We received the rather cryptic missive that he had found the whisky we left at a particularly good time, given the circumstances. I have yet to find out what that really means. Old mountain hermits apparently guard their secrets.
Technical notes: Stitch of 4 horizontal frames; used a tripod for once...
Land of Standing Rocks
Late-day light glances off the La Sal Mountains and lingers on the gorgeous sandstone sculptures that make up The Windows in Arches National Park, Utah. The lighter, low-slung, peach-colored domes in the foreground toward the right are Navajo sandstone, and this layer also forms the base for the numerous towers, fins, and windows. Sitting on top of the Navajo stone is the much redder, crinkly, almost blocky looking Dewey Bridge member of the Entrada layer. The Slick Rock member of the Entrada forms the more massive, homogeneous layer on top of the Dewey Bridge rock. All that said, I think one word aptly sums up the synthesis of all these geologic elements: sublime.
This photo was taken on Christmas Day after a light dusting of snow. The real storm was to descend two days later on the day we tried to find my godfather's camp in the trackless canyons that can be seen here in the distance at the feet of the La Sals. I previously posted the story of trying to find him to deliver a bottle of rye in the middle of a storm that dropped 8 inches so quickly we could not find our steps on the way back. Thankfully I had traced out a route via GPS and the batteries in the phone held well enough with minimal, careful use. As an epilogue to that story, I recently found out that my godfather did indeed find the rye several weeks later since we left a message where it was stashed with a friend in town who he occasionally calls. We received the rather cryptic missive that he had found the whisky we left at a particularly good time, given the circumstances. I have yet to find out what that really means. Old mountain hermits apparently guard their secrets.
Technical notes: Stitch of 4 horizontal frames; used a tripod for once...