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From a trip last spring. For me Bryce Canyon is one of the most amazing places we've been to. Amazing to see. With enlarged view you can see some of the trails down there.
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One of the hundreds of photos i took while visiting Bryce Canyon National Park in Southeastern Utah.
Original photo taken by me, beautifully edited by my very wonderful, sweet friend, Julie Everhart.
Re visiting Bryce photos, I was so disappointed when I returned home, as i felt none of my photographs did Bryce Justice, but after time has passed, they are lovely...but if possible go see it in person!
How cool is Bryce National Park?
First you have the huge areas of hoodoos, which are really stunning. Then on top of that you have the early morning and late afternoon light doing all kinds of interesting things with the landscape. In the morning, when this photo was taken, the sun coming from behind the hoodoos infuses them with a really unique glow. This shot doesn't do it justice.
Bryce was the last stop on my recent roadtrip - a great way to wrap it up.
Bryce Canyon National Park, a sprawling reserve in southern Utah, is known for crimson-colored hoodoos, which are spire-shaped rock formations. The park’s main road leads past the expansive Bryce Amphitheater, a hoodoo-filled depression lying below the Rim Trail hiking path. It has overlooks at Sunrise Point, Sunset Point, Inspiration Point and Bryce Point.
Sunset at Sunset Point Bryce Canyon. Composed using ~60 time-lapse photos.
In rare occasions (such as this one), facing the other direction during sunset is not a bad choice.
Explored 2015/01/18
Au pays des HOODOOS
BRYCE CANYON (du charpentier Ebenezer Bryce)
C’est un immense amphithéâtre composé d’une forêt de pierres aux silhouettes ocre et rose. Ces formations rocheuses s'élevant de terre tels des stalactites rougeâtres sont appelées des Hoodoos, ou Cheminées de Fée. l'érosion des cycles répétés du gel et du dégel a façonné les roches dans le plateau du « Grand escalier » prenant naissance au Grand Canyon.
Décrété National Monument en 1923 et National Park en 1928, le parc est situé entre 2400 et 2740 m. Il est traversé d'une route panoramique d'une trentaine de kilomètres et s’étend sur 145 km2. Bryce Canyon est un véritable paradis pour les visiteurs et les photographes.
It is an immense amphitheater composed of a forest of stones with ocher and pink silhouettes. These rock formations rising from the ground like reddish stalactites are called Hoodoos, or Fairy Chimneys. The erosion of repeated cycles of freezing and thawing shaped the rocks in the plateau of the "Grand Staircase" originating in the Grand Canyon.
Decreted National Monument in 1923 and National Park in 1928, the park is located between 2400 and 2740 m. It is crossed by a panoramic road of about thirty kilometers and extends over 145 km2. Bryce Canyon is a true paradise for visitors and photographers.
Bryce Canyon showcases the stunning geology of southern Utah, a red-rock wonderland created by wind, water, and snow. Among the nation’s most beloved (and photographed) parks, Bryce is a major draw for hiking, challenging rock climbing, and winter cross-country skiing trails.
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Since I saw the first photo of Bryce Canyon some thirty years ago, I wanted to go see this place. A few weeks ago, this dream finally came true - and I was overwhelmed by how large and colorful the canyon is!
Hoodoos typically form in areas where a thick layer of a relatively soft rock, such as mudstone, poorly cemented sandstone or tuff (consolidated volcanic ash), is covered by a thin layer of hard rock, such as well-cemented sandstone, limestone or basalt.
Over time, cracks in the resistant layer allow the much softer rock beneath to be eroded and washed away. Hoodoos form where a small cap of the resistant layer remains, and protects a cone of the underlying softer layer from erosion. The heavy cap pressing downwards gives the pedestal of the hoodoo its strength to resist erosion.
The primary weathering force at Bryce Canyon is frost wedging. The hoodoos at Bryce Canyon experience over 200 freeze/thaw cycles each year. In the winter, melting snow, in the form of water, seeps into the cracks and then freezes at night. When water freezes it expands by almost 10% and pries open the cracks bit by bit, making them even wider, much like the way a pothole forms in a paved road.
(Wikipedia)
Bryce Canyon in the morning from the trail on Sunset Point after a fresh snow storm from the prior day. The air was crisp and clean and it just felt good to be out that morning. A couple of tourists are making their own holiday memories. I could have easily cloned them out, but left them in for scale. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, December 2015
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Bryce Canyon, Sunset Point, on a rainy day.
Bryce Canyon National Park is a National Park located in southwestern Utah in the United States. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The red, orange, and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors. Bryce sits at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion National Park. The rim at Bryce varies from 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m).
On and off all day it snowed at Bryce Canyon. It was a chilling 30 degrees for most of the time and windy, but it made for incredible photos earlier in the day and some nice ones toward sunset. Unfortunately the snow didn't stick much to the canyon so I didn't get that wintry desert look, but I can't complain -- it was a great day for photos.
Bryce Canyon National Park at night … the break in the clouds was small and short-lived but beautiful.
Tausende spitz zulaufende Sandsteinsäulen, grün bewaldete Plateaus und eine markante rote Wüstenlandschaft - all diese Eigenschaften vereint der wunderschöne Bryce Canyon Nationalpark im Südwesten von Utah. Jährlich begeistert der Park mehr als zwei Millionen Besucher mit seinen atemberaubenden Landschaften. Er befindet sich auf einer Höhe von 2400 bis zu 2700 Metern und liegt damit wesentlich höher als der nahegelegene Zion Nationalpark. Benannt wurde der Bryce Canyon nach dem Mormonen-Pionier Ebenezer Bryce, der um 1875 aus Schottland in die USA auswanderte und sich im Süden Utahs niederließ. (UTAH OFFICE OF TOURISM)