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7 horizontal frame panorama at Bryce point with Sony 16-35 GMii at 16mm, 100 ISO 1/500sec f6.3 handheld.
Bryce Canyon is a wonder to see, add Winter and you have a whole other experience.
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Bryce Canyon National Park is a sprawling preserve in southern Utah famous for its reddish fairy chimney rock formations, locally called "hoodoos."
Bryce Canyon Utah.
Hard to compare to anything. Second time there, but still not able to hike down. First time it was so much rain and mud, and this time it was ice and snow. Someday!
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Late afternoon July thunderstorms move in from the east over Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park. July, 2006. (Photo by Tom Kelly)
Ok, so this is my Bryce Canyon sunrise photo. The morning before I shot this photo, Bryce canyon was covered in a thin layer of snow, but as some of you know the snow melts really fast. We had left Zion National park in the real early morning hours, in the hopes of catching a snow covered sunrise from this genral location. As you can see from the photo we didn't make it in time for sunrise that morning. WE had gotten to bryce about a half hour after sunrise, we had given ourselves 3 hours to make the drive from Zion to Bryce, which on a good day should take about a hour and a half. It ended up taking us three and a half hours to make the trip. The temps stayed in the high 20's all day, so I was hoping the snow would not melt away and we would have some for sunrise... Nope that wasn't the case.
The morning I shot this photo I think the temp was about 12 degrees. It was freaking freezing standing out there waiting for the sun to come up.
While thawing out in our hotel room the night before we had decided that we would head down to the Paria canyon area and then on to Page, AZ for sunset and sunrise the next morning after we finished shooting sunrise at bryce the next day.
Bryce Canyon was the smallest of the "big 5" Utah National Parks and the result was a concentration of visitors along the rim of the amphitheater including Sunrise, Sunset, and Inspiration Points. That said, we had no trouble finding a parking spot and walking along the rim trail even during the mid-day tourist rush.
Photographed during a walk through Bryce Canyon hoodoos. In Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA.
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Here's another attempt to capture the unique glow of the hoodoos at Bryce National Park as early morning light hits them from behind.
Sorry I haven't been around much. Was enjoying visiting with my cousin and did some side trips. Her and I spent a couple of days in Santa Fe which was fantastic. Miss you already Cheryl xo.
Had the opportunity to meet Matt and his lovely wife Yvette while there and have dinner with them. Thanks Matt and Yvette.....it was great food, fun and company. www.flickr.com/photos/80929457@N00/
The campground here in Durango is awesome too with a great bunch of fun people so there's never a dull moment.
I recently did a 2 day whirlwind trip. Had to go to Page to look after some business and then we took a very long and rough ride through Cottonwood Canyon. Not suggested unless you have a sturdy 4 x 4!!!. We ended up at Bryce and since it was so late, we stayed the night there. That wasn't in the plans but I was thrilled. I've been wanting to return to Bryce since I was there last year. The place is gorgeous!!! We were up at sunrise to do more hours of driving but had to get some sunrise shots before leaving.
It was amazing standing on the edge looking out over this canyon.
Sandstone and Snow.......
We just returned from yet another whirlwind trip in the southwest. Springtime presents all kinds of possible weather.....rain, wind, snow, sunshine. more wind and more snow! When the dirt roads of southern Utah and northern Arizona get wet and snow covered, all bets are off for safe or passible travel. So, you do the smart thing and head to a place with an asphalt road and beautiful scenery, Bryce Canyon. This time of year, there are only one or 2 overlooks open as the roads are mostly unplowed in the National Park. Bryce Canyon is at the highest elevation and the top of the Grand Staircase Escalante. Winter likes to hold on there for quite some time. There was a foot of fresh snow covering the fairy like hoodoos of Bryce Canyon. It was a bit of an adventure just to walk to the overlook, but boy was it worth it. The winter wonderland just came to life before my eyes. We stayed for about an hour and a half, watching the clouds and light change quickly. March 16 2024
Bryce Canyon contains the world's greatest concentration of irregular rock spires known as "hoodoos". Composed of limestone, the formation of these structures began 50 million years ago as solid rock. In winter, water in the rock cracks expands. The expansion breaks them apart first into walls, then windows, then fully formed hoodoos. Chemical weathering is another force that carves the hoodoos. Water dissolves the limestone rock forming carbonic acid that shapes and smooths the formations. Sadly, it also erodes the formations about two to four feet a century.
Today, the spires stand like closely packed sentries still being shaped by wind, water, and ice erosion. A small break in the storm clouds highlighted the hoodoos filling the amphitheater while shadowing the rest of the site like a naturally occurring vignette creating an epic visual mood.