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Capitol Reef National Park is one of the lessor visited parks in Utah but in my opinion still very scenic.
When we stopped at the visitor center, I saw this cool picture of this old barn up on one of the walls. I thought it made a great composition so I had to capture it.
Luckily it's only a mile or 2 down from the visitor center at the Gifford Homestead.
Per the National Park service website... The original home was built in 1908 by polygamist Calvin Pendleton. He and his family occupied it for eight years. The original house had a combined front room/kitchen and two small bedrooms. An outside ladder accessed two upstairs bedrooms. Pendleton also constructed the barn and smokehouse, as well as the rock walls near the house and on the mesa slopes above it.
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I was very careful stepping on some rocks to get to this pristine section of the desert. The soil there is alive, and takes many years to get to this state ... so not stepping on it is quite important. I really liked this pristine view of the earth there leading into the wall of the Reef there in Utah.
This view was via one of the back dirt roads there in the park.
Another visit to this location with some ok conditions providding a hint of colour and some flow over the rock shelf.
Basaltic pebbles makeup most of the sediment on the beach at Malarrif, which means "pebble reef" in Icelandic. For centuries the farm at Malarrif was one of the most isolated farms in Iceland. It was the westernmost farm on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula and the nearest settlement to it was the fishing village at Hellnar. The lighthouse here had an important role for Icelandic fishermen for decades as they fished in the rich fishing grounds by the shore. Icelanders fish these same grounds for centuries. The lighthouse was built in 1917 and rebuilt in 1947. The height of the lighthouse is 20 meters, and the light had a range of eighteen miles. The farm and lighthouse is now an important tourist center in Snæfellsjökull National Park.
Reef like a aquarium
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Was lucky that this fellow flew in for a few minutes whilst at Long Reef. Not as sharp as one would like as it was just after sunrise.
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The late afternoon cloudy view made for some interesting scenes there among this amazing Utah landscape. Nature is so amazing to explore.
Capitol Reef Sunrise: The color of the rocks at Utah's Capitol Reef National Park give a fantastic analogous color match with the rising sun, with the spots of green complimenting the magenta hues. I found this excellent sunrise view at Sunset Point, which is a perfect location for getting a grand view of this beautiful park.
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Sunrise at Long Reef marine reserve this morning.
Low tide at Long Reef exposes a wide flat rock shelf with scattered rocks and residual rock pools
A boat standing on the beach during the low tide, protected by a coral reef. Subauma, Bahia, Brazil.
with the Henry Mountains in the background (this time from the west - we've covered some ground since the last shot of them). Looking at stuff like this can really spoil a person for the rest of the world.
Im seeing black and white today..its not good. A Quick post before the weekend so I hope everyone has a blast!
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There's a point on the scenic drive of Capitol Reef National Park where if you turn back you can see an incredible landscape. Exactly this point!
At the end of the long drive to Capitol Reef, we were rewarded with a dramatic sky and the refreshing scent of light rain in Redrock country, a fine beginning for our Spring camping trip with our kids.
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