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Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, NJ, USA
DSC_1106 - Processed in CaptureNX 2 2.4.7 & GIMP 2.8.6
Formed when the Colorado River looped around an impassable sandstone escarpment, Horseshoe Bend is a unique American icon and one of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area's popular attractions. Shot at the viewing deck when the late afternoon Sun colored the red canyon walls even more vivid. Did not have luxury to stay longer to shoot the sunset. Will definitely come back.
Le Horseshoe Bend (« la courbe du fer à cheval ») est le nom d'un méandre du fleuve Colorado situé à 6 km au sud de la ville de Page en Arizona et correspondant à un ancien plateau érodé.
Le méandre se trouve un peu en aval du barrage de Glen Canyon et du lac Powell.
Explore a meandering, horseshoe-shaped section of the Colorado River known as Horseshoe Bend, it is another side of Horseshoe Bend, this section of horseshoe bend is the private area, not open to public, must join tour to visit those areas. “Horseshoe bend and slot canyon tour” at sunset time, plus the tour guide, there were total 8 people, getting there were like on the kind of “horse” wagon, up and down on the road, sunshine, raining, hail, sunshine... What the road! what the weather! Arrived another side of horseshoe bend, like that quiet feeling facing to spectacular desert landscape shaped by wind and water, not surrounded by the crowd...
... dopo un primo tentativo, effettuato in modo sconsiderato alle 13.00 sotto un sole a picco e temperature degne di un buon forno a micro onde, prima di sera ci muoviamo nuovamente da Page e raggiungiamo l' Horseshoe bend ...
Superato il breve dislivello che dal parcheggio porta al nostro obiettivo lo spettacolo che si disvela difronte ai nostri occhi è di quelli da togliere il fiato ...
la maestosità degli spazi e la profondità del canyon a picco sull'ansa del fiume Colorado sovrastano e privano di importanza la gran quantità di turisti che, come piccole formiche, si muovono lungo i bordi della cengia ...
poi, lentamente, il sole ci saluta, ed il cielo, che si specchia nelle calme acque del fiume, si veste dei suoi colori più belli ...
Another one from our trip to the Palouse.
I am still having issues with Flickr. It's very slow and I keep getting bad pandas. For those of you who don't know, I found it interesting that the bad panda image came from someone's post five years ago, and it now has almost 633,000 views because it was used by Flickr. Here it is: www.flickr.com/photos/toyokazu/8644384737/
A 350 mile journey begins with one step.
Saturday night William McIntosh and I made some plans to head up to Julia Pfeiffer State Beach to photograph Keyhole Arch during the winter solstice. During the winter solstice the sun lines up through the arch and has produced some magical captures and is a popular destination for many photographers. The following morning Bill called at 7:30am and said that the weather had turned up north and we decided to head the other direction towards the southwest, After spending a half hour looking at the radar and Skyfire we decided to head to a spot 6 hours away just past Phoenix Arizona to the Salt River Bend.
As we traveled, the weather started clearing more and more and by the time we got on location the clouds almost cleared out of the sky completely but luckily as the sun dipped to the horizon we did catch some last minute color in the sky.
This is an 8 image panorama stitched together in Lightroom and in an effort of full disclosure, was unhappy with the size of the moon when shooting at 11mm so I had the presence of mind to grab the longest lens in my bag at the time, a 24-105mm and snapped a second shot of the moon and replaced the tiny moon in the original composition with the one shot with the longer lens. I know some people object to this but I'm trying to sell prints here people. LOL :)
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Haveneiland-West island, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Last stop on my long Fall 2022 road trip was the pass south through Yellowstone and the Grand Teton. Even though it was mid-morning, I still made the obligatory stop at Oxbow Bend. I'd already been astounded at the low water level of Jackson Lake. I asked at the Coulter Bay Visitor Center and the ranger said something about water being allocated to farming. The low level of the meandering Snake River was still a surprise. On the cool side, check the water fowl there on the exposed bank.
Horseshoe Bend is the intimate Grand Canyon experience. It overlooks one of the most spectacular views on the Colorado River. The overlook is 4,200 feet (1,300 m) above sea level, and the Colorado River is at 3,200 feet (980 m) above sea level, making it a 1,000-foot (300 m) drop. Went there four times at sunrise, sunset, cloudy day and sunshine day, the picture was taken in a cloudy day. The light was soft, not so strong, loving the soft sun’s ray illuminating canyon’s twisting sandstone cliffs. I posted photos before, this photo was not including the sky, just the soft light on the cliff rocks and river…
I couldn't resist the title - sorry. This shot is taken literally round the bend of the road from Farleigh Wallop on the way to Ellisfield. It is a favourite stop of mine and I am not surprised that when I have met others at this point they too say they have come out of the town just to sit at this point in the road and look back down the dip[ and up the other side of the valley.
Horseshoe Bend is the intimate Grand Canyon experience. It overlooks one of the most spectacular views on the Colorado River. Went there four times at sunrise, sunset, cloudy day and sunshine day, the picture was taken in a cloudy day. The overlook is 4,200 feet (1,300 m) above sea level, and the Colorado River is at 3,200 feet (980 m) above sea level, making it a 1,000-foot (300 m) drop.
Another photo from our walk through Long Timber Woods at Ivybridge at the very southern tip of Dartmoor National Park. The arch in the background is a fallen tree which landed in this odd orientation. I took another photo further upstream with that tree as the main focus but the bend of the river here looked more interesting in the end.
The Toledo bend is a large man-made body of water between Louisiana and Texas. The length of the lake is approximately 85 miles long. The lake has two purposes. Its an electric power plant and is capable to provide water to the city of Houston.
The lake is also a very popular with Bass sport fisherman.
We experienced a lot of rain and cloudy weather while staying in Page, Arizona. The back country roads we wanted to travel were largely inaccessible. Thus we visited Horseshoe Bend several times because we could travel there on paved roads. The 1,000 feet deep canyon is amazing. While we did see the sun burst through storm clouds during our stay, I confess it wasn't at the time of visiting Horseshoe Bend. But the magic of Photoshop helped me get the sky I wanted!
Happy Slider Sunday!
Grand Teton National Park - Classic shot of Oxbow Bend at sunrise. When I first arrived at this location, the fog was so thick you couldn't even see Mt Moran. Luckily the fog part as the sun rose to reveal this beautiful scene!!
Oxbow bend on the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The Teton Range is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, which extend from southern Alaska to northern New Mexico. Thanks for viewing and happy Tuesday!