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The Wave is a spectacular sandstone formation on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes in the beautiful and rugged Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, … just south of the Utah-Arizona border about halfway between Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona.
This incredible formation can be reached by hiking approximately 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) across rugged, trailless landscape, making the round-trip to and from The Wave a nearly 6-mile (9.7-kilometer) hike that climbs about 350 feet (107 meters) in altitude [sic]. The area can be really hot in summer (100 F +), so it is best to start the hike early. --from Wiki
Well, my friend and I hiked this late, staying over sunset in The Wave. It is an incredibly beautiful area, and I'd love to get back there.
Hiking back through the darkness was pretty exhilarating, but I could see it being nearly impossible and very stressful without a GPS. Carins are few and far between, and nearly impossible to locate at night, even with flashlights. Fortunately, there are a couple washes that cross at pretty identifiable areas on the trail; identifiable enough where we could see by a crescent moon and be okay.
I was fascinated by the hand saw marks left on these sandstone blocks by the quarry men 200 years ago.
Remote river bottom area surrounded by canyon walls on the Green River, just downstream from the confluence with the Yampa River and across the stream from the dramatic southern end of Steamboat Rock, Moffat County, Colorado.
The bats wing fern is a remarkably adaptable plant. It likes moist situations, and can be found in a large variety of habitats. It can dominate an area, forming a large colony.
I've seen it grow on the cool temperate rainforests, over 1000 metres above sea level, underneath Antarctic Beech trees in full shade. Also, it's common on the sub tropical Lord Howe Island at sea level in full sun. It's a common plant here in Sydney.
At this carpark at the suburb of Greenwich. These south facing sandstone cliffs are a haven for ferns. Todea barbara is common here. There's a large variety of ferns, including some quite surprising species. Lycopodiella cernua, Psilotum nudum and Tmesipteris truncata, just to name three.
Congratulations to the local council and the bush care people, this site is in good shape regarding weeds. One weed is too many, but it's looking good all the same.
If I turned the camera the other way, there would be a great picture. Of Sydney city and the Sydney Harbour bridge.
In the Needles section of Canyonlands NP, with the eponymous Needles on the skyline. From the Pothole Point loop trail.
Sandstone weathers in many interesting ways. The side of this fin of sandstone is pocked with holes and drainage channels.
Arches National Park, Utah
The unique geology underlying the Arches area near Moab, Utah gives rise to structures such as this sandstone fin in the Courthouse Towers area.
Beneath the many layers of sandstone in the area is a thick layer of salt deposits. This salt has flowed and slumped under the pressure of the sandstone overburden. As a result, the sandstone has in turn slumped and fractured. Erosion preferentially works away on the fractures, yielding the sandstone towers known as fins that populate the area.
Wind, water, and freeze-thaw cycles often end up carving arches within these fins.
Kodachrome Basin, Utah
This story began 180- million years ago when this land was a large inland sea. Through upheaval and erosion, a remarkable view into the past can been seen with dynamic colors of sandstone left by the sea.
Patterns found in the Navajo sandstone in Coyote Buttes South. These may be examples of "Liesegang Rings" but those tend to be concentric, and these are irregular.
Coastal sandstone patterns, New South Wales, Australia.
Sections of the New South Wales coast are known for their colorful, patterned sandstone. This photo shows a part of the Terrigal formation, likely deposited in a river floodplain around 225 million years ago.
This giant sandstone monolith, the "Pedra Furada", in Ponte Alta do Tocantins, serves as a natural gateway to the Jalapão region.
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A nice find from nearly ten years back in the archives.
I hope to be able to show this place to fellow photographers in 2018!
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Liesegang rings in Terrigal sandstone, New South Wales, Australia.
Liesegang rings are frequently seen in sedimentary rocks, such as sandstone. They are thought to have formed when iron-rich groundwater leached through the bedrock, but the process isn't completely understood.
I felt like a kid in a candy store with colored rocks in every direction in all shapes and sizes. In places the rock was solid red and in others solid white. In still other places the colors were in long curving lines with varying shades from deep crimson to creamy white. This location is behind a huge rock outcrop that more or less marks the trailhead.
Beautiful array of desert flora decorating a Navajo Sandstone bluff. Johnson Canyon -- Grand Staircase-Escalante, Kane County, Utah.
This is a shot from lower Antelope Canyon just outside of Page, Arizona on the Navajo Reservation. Antelope Canyon is without a doubt the most photographed slot canyon in the world. And for good reason! It is remarkably beautiful and also very easily accessible. I try to stay away from these iconic locations as I know it is hard if not impossible to sometimes create a unique image in these spots, but as a full time pro I need these icon style shots for sales as well as marketing purposes.
While in the canyon, I had some great light and took the opportunity to avoid the classic shots and work on a few of my own impressions of this place. Here is the first from the shoot.
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Cape Solander | Botany Bay National Park | NSW | Australia
Cape Solander was named after botanist Daniel Solander, it features the perfect vantage point for whale spotting during migration season. The area is dominated by sheer sandstone cliffs, eroded to a few metres above sea level.
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This place is so beautiful and peaceful it's almost unbelievable....not a soul in sight, just me, my camera and the ocean. Being in a place like this at 6 in the morning is so calming, I recommend to come here after a long week of work, for a few breaths of fresh air and whilst there maybe try to close your eyes for a minute or two. Can't imagine a better start to a new day, apart from breakfast in bed perhaps :o)
... from Dawlish seawall between Rockstone and Langstone Rock, Devon, England.
The vegetation is Hottentot-fig (Carpobrotus edulis), an introduced, invasive species that is widely established on sea cliffs in England, especially in the south-west.
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The forms and colors in Coyotes Buttes are dazzling. This photo taken looking past the entrance to the Wave, in Arizona, toward the north and east. Buckskin Gulch and Slot Canyon are beneath the sandstone cliffs on the horizon, in Utah
The floor of this canyon with crossbedded Navajo sandstone in multiple ranks has eroded into complex folds in a Baroque style. Magnify it for best effect.
This is in the valley I explored between two mesas in the northern Paria Plateau. It's another in my collection of 'rarely seen' discoveries out there.
Not a drone shot. I was standing on the canyon rim.
What is the story of this wall? Geologically, it was speaking to me. The ancient sand dunes, frozen into sandstone, cut by flash floods, seem like they have a lot to say. Eons of water tumbling down this canyon has eroded a path, bit by bit, through the Waterpocket Fold. One of few passages through this nearly 100 mile long wall in southern Utah. And unlike canyons like the Grand Canyon, this one is only carved by flash floods. And yet the water still carved patterns of ripples where the current seemingly is turbulent in the same spots over and over and over as it slowly excavated the passageway. Here to little holes appear in the wall, as if tiny little cities were embedded in the canyon with little windows looking out. The imagination can wonder.
Sandstone Canyon Walls. Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. October 20, 2014. © Copyright 2014 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
Detail of a fractured sandstone cliff in a canyon at Capitol Reef National Park.
Over several years and several visits I began to understand Capitol Reef National Park a bit more. (Though it is a big and varied place, and true knowledge of the place — as is the case with any such landscape — comes from longer experience than I yet have.) Understanding comes partly from experiencing a wider range of the park's geography than that in the most conveniently located places. Visiting during different parts of the year and in varied conditions helps — a sunny spring morning is very different from a freezing late October morning. Finding a few personal spots that feel like familiar friends is part of the process.
The sandstone-walled canyons are all over this part of the Southwest. I distinctly recall the first one I visited, walking into it in the morning, wading up canyon in the shallow stream, winding through its twists and turns as the canyon deepened. More visits taught me that each canyon has is own personality — yet some general features are shared by most of them. Unlike most of my Sierra Nevada world, where one often feels open to the entire sky, in the canyons the world shrinks to what you can see between two twists in the course of the stream that created the canyon. Views of the sky are extremely limited, and your focus soon turns almost exclusively to things that are nearby. There is little wind and usually the quiet is broken only by the sound of water, perhaps some birds, and your own passage. The light bounces among red rock walls and diffuses as it gently arrives from far above.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, "California's Fall Color: A Photographer's Guide to Autumn in the Sierra" is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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