The Monument Valley sits on the Navajo Nation and provides endless oportunities to view rare geological formations such as this during sunrise on a clear morning.

It's sprinkling, but thankfully this sign across from our campsite was not a portent of things to come.

Sierra Club Camera Committee outing to Red Rock Canyon State Park, November 16-18, 2012.

View of Weston Cliff. Hagen Canyon in Red Rock Canyon State Park, California. Date: 2012-04-01.

El Capitan, Yosemite.

circa 1900 to 1930

Pillars of Hercules rock formation in Hagen Canyon.

Camera Committee outing to Red Rock Canyon State Park, November 16-18, 2012.

The sun rises at The Wave, a very unique rock formation in the Coyotte Buttes area on the border of Utah and Arizona.

Otago, New Zealand

The sun rises at The Wave, a very unique rock formation in the Coyotte Buttes area on the border of Utah and Arizona.

The sun rises at The Wave, a very unique rock formation in the Coyotte Buttes area on the border of Utah and Arizona.

Scene photographed in the Alabama Hills along Tuttle Road. Snow-covered Lone Pine Peak.

Date: February 5, 2011.

Tongariro Crossing lunch break on the volcano

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Carlsbad Cavern National Park is largely an Underground Cave System

Scene photographed along Tuttle Road in the Alabama Hills. Lone Pine Peak in the distance.

Date: February 5, 2011.

Tehipite Dome and Middle Fork Canyon from Great Meadow Trail.

circa 1900 to 1930

Crater Lake: Harp Rock and Wizard Island.

Curecanti Needles, Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, D. & Rio G. Ry.

The View Haus as seen from the Women's Forum Park in the Columbia River Gorge outside of Portland Oregon.

The fishing fleet sits safely at harbor during a beautiful sunset in Morro Bay, CA.

Tongariro Crossing

Larry Miller and Carole Scurlock photographing southern end of the Scenic Cliffs.

The tiny blue speck in the green water is a boogie board, too provide some perspective to this huge volcanic crater.

Scene photographed at the Arches in the Alabama Hills.

Date: February 5, 2011.

Yosemite Valley.

circa 1900 to 1930

Otago, New Zealand

The beautiful rock formations of the Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs, CO.

The sun rises at The Wave, a very unique rock formation in the Coyotte Buttes area on the border of Utah and Arizona.

Devils Post Pile, S. E. Yosemite Nat. Park.

circa 1900 to 1930

Overhanging rock, Glacier Point, Yosemite.

circa 1900 to 1930

Scene photographed in the Alabama Hills along Tuttle Road. Carole Scurlock in natural arch.

Date: February 5, 2011.

Rock pinnacles and hoodoos near the Turtle Gate entrance to Nightmare Gulch.

Camera Committee outing to Red Rock Canyon State Park, November 16-18, 2012.

Waterfall at Gordale Scar. Film setting for the Dark Crystal and Harry Potter. April 2, 2007: An epic journey, hiking from Malhalm to Settle in the Yorkshire Dales, England. Journey of the Chronicles of Sir Thomas Rhymer Oisin Leaf McGowan as he searched for the enchanted ring with the Lady Vanessa of the Rhine. To follow the journey, visit the Chronicles at www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=555 or the reviews at www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=1127. For information about the photograph, for permission to re-use or to purchase, visit www.technogypsie.com/photography/. (c) 2007: Leaf McGowan, Thoma Baurley, Technogypsie Productions

Side wash entering Nightmare Gulch.

Camera Committee outing to Red Rock Canyon State Park, November 16-18, 2012.

The beautiful rock formations of the Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs, CO.

Maureen Cates and Teddy the Shiba Inu Dog framed by Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills.

Kings River Canyon. The Sphinx and Grand Sentinel.

circa 1900 to 1930

The Monument Valley sits on the Navajo Nation and provides endless oportunities to view rare geological formations such as this during sunset on a clear evening.