Along the Upper East Canyon of Zion National Park travelers will find the aptly named Checkerboard Mesa.

The cone-shaped White Cliffs formation has unique cross-hatching patterns that, even when not filled with winter snow, conjure up its name.

New Year's Day 2020 was very overcast in this part of Utah, so we left Zion for a two hour drive to Bryce, where the skies were more open in the mid-afternoon. Along the way, this was a neat stop to hike down into the dry bed of Pine Creek and squeeze a few images on a relatively dull day.

Remarkable horizontal and vertical erosion

Zion National Park

Checkerboard Mesa, Zion National Park, Utah.

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The old grain elevator stands proud on the high plains.

If you find yourself in Gillette, Wyoming in April see some of my photos at the Ava community art center.

And visit my website if you have a chance: www.paulmgarger.com

Nostalgia & railroad art prints for sale.

This is a macro photo of a checkboard pattern made out of thin strips of paper.

Distinctive moss patterns in the northen Honbo garden of Tofuku-ji temple, Kyoto Japan

TivoliVredenburg podium, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Design (2005): Herman Hertzberger and Patrick Fransen (AHH Architectural Office).

projection on "HOCHTIEF"

Stairs of Dresden

... on tour with V-Club in Dresden

While the colors of Autumn were a magnificent sight, the dramatic pattern left of the bridge made an equally interesting foreground

From my archives: One of my springtime favourite flowers and one that I've only seen in one homeowner's garden (when I'm lucky). After they bloom, they don't last very long.

Snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)

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Fritillaria meleagris

Checkerboard Mesa is an iconic Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park - Utah.

At sunset, Checkerboard Mesa glowed. The Mesa towers over 900 feet above the base.

Created for the Vivid Imagination challenge ~ Checkerboards ~

Zion National Park.

Final photo of Bruges. See all: Bruges Album

Adams Plaza Bridge, Canary Wharf.

A rare pattern to find out in the dune field, made even more unusual by the low rising sun.

Sidewalk in front of the 59th Street entrance of The Plaza Hotel. (No longer owned by DT.)

Taken near checkerboard mesa

A checkerboard fly (Sarcophagidae) on the edge of the pond (Oostkamp, Belgium)

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This image was created for the "CHECKERBOARD" Challenge in the

VIVID IMAGINATION Group. Check it out!

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Rick Gulden's recent photo taken at Zion peaked my interest in going for a rummage through the photos I took on our trip there. I particularly remember this mountain that we passed as we left Zion to drive to Paige Arizona. We did not have time to stop, so I could only gape in astonishment at this natural wonder ... and I even remembered to - Click!

Hamburg - Moments

On Inner Belt Road, Somerville, MA

Princeton University

Day 6 - Zion

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Hamburg stairs