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A whopping 18 years ago today, in one of the most beautiful and remote landscapes of the southwestern USA.
Heute vor sage und schreibe 18 Jahren in einer der schönsten und abgelegensten Landschaften des Südwestens der USA.
What words could I conjure to adequately describe this? My heart raced with excitement, my senses ignited. That is the desert's allure. To be in such a place of barrenness and still feel the thrum of life.
Greater White Pocket area, very fragil, therefore without coordinates, hope you understand.
I was looking for another photospot when I suddenly stood in front of this slightly overhanging wall that shone in many warm and cold colors in the indirect light of the early afternoon. The wall is several meters high and about 20 meters wide. Apparently, wind and sand have cleared the rock layers over many years.
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At a place like White Pocket in the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument you hope for a sunset to match with the amazing landscape. On the day I visited the sunset conditions initially looked promising as this shot shows, but it never lit up the clouds where I needed them to go with the landscape.... It was still a fantastic day, though, just to be out there.
Here is another sunrise shot from my White Pocket trip.
There are so many great photo spots at this site! It belongs to the bucket list of any landscape photographer...
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This photo was taken a number of years ago when we visited Whitepocket, Arizona. It was a bumpy ride getting to Whitepocket with our guide, Jackson Bridges, but the area was amazing in terms of variation of the landscape. This photo was taken in the "Brain Rock" section of Whitepocket just as the sun was beginning to rise above the horizon around 6 am. We had to leave Page Arizona around 4 am to get there for sunrise.
The otherwordly gorgeous geology at White Pocket is one of my favorite places on the planet Earth. We drove to the trailhead with a Toyota 4Runner and explored the area freely around the sunset.
"Todos los seres humanos son también seres de ensueño. El soñar vincula a toda la humanidad en su conjunto."
Jack Kerouac.
Uno de los lugares más espectaculares de Arizona, perdido en la inmensidad.
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Coconino County, Arizona, USA.
The reflective pools at White Pocket do not last very long. So you have to be there after a strong rainfall and in order to captre the rocks in the light of the setting sun, the rainclouds have to part during the golden hour.
All this nearly impossible to plan for. Sometimes you just have to be lucky...
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During last year photo tour in West South of USA, we also visited a beautiful area between Utah and Arizona, called White Pocket.
White Pocket has some of the craziest sandstone formations I have ever seen. New surprises are waiting behind every corner.
This is just one example of the different hues and shapes that can be found within the same narrow field of view.
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Can you see the crocodile?
Rock formations and colors draw me and hold my attention--I don't need cute names. But when I first noticed this formation, the crocodile jumped out at me, and my mind would not let go of that first impression.
Memories of extensive photo sessions in the American Southwest.
The image has been re-edited from RAW and digitally enlarged.
What do you do when great light comes and a downpour starts? Do you keep on shooting, risking damage to the camera? Do you panic? Perhaps, you keep cool and just keep on shooting. Perhaps you run. Well, I eventually ran because the lightning was too close, and I could not keep the lens dry. So, this is brought to you by a photographer on the run.
En el noroeste de Arizona en Mojave, cerca de Fredonia.
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Arizona, USA.
On our vacation to Utah we took a trip to White Pocket, Arizona. It was a very beautiful place, with amazing and unique landscape of sandstone. We were going to rent a 4x4 but decided to hire a guide from Dreamland Safari Tours out of Kanab Utah www.dreamlandtours.net/ . Our guide was Andrea, she was great.
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Across Utah and Arizona, you are in the Navajo Nation. In Navajo, sacred land is referred to as Diné Bikéyah. This land belongs to the people. Hopitutskwa, Pueblos, and Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) land is also found across these two states and at archeological sites and natural sites. It is an honor to see them. White Pocket is most closely associated with Southern Paiute land.
Time for another White Pocket shot:
I was incredibly lucky to be able to capture this colorful sunrise at the famous Dragons Tail at White Pocket.
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Desert rock formations glowing red in the last light of day, White Pocket, northern Arizona. I visited this location as part of a guided photography tour, and we were rewarded with magnificent scenery at sunset. Vermillion Cliffs National Monument.
A beautiful morning in White Pocket with light rain bringing out this nice double rainbow and a beautiful orange glow lighting the rocks.
White Pocket is NOT an easy place to get to. You have to WANT to go here. The drive is long and challenging, and then there is a small bit of a hike. Bring water.
But once there, the surroundings are incredible! One could easily spend the entire day here, exploring, climbing, and taking in the dynamic landscapes. As the light changes, so does EVERYTHING! Grey whites, sage green, honey golds, tangerine oranges, dry dirt brown, and Arizona reds-- the color palette is stunning. Definitely worth all the trouble getting here :).
"The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it.”
-- Robert Edison Fulton JR
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one of the many motifs of the exceptional location White Pocket in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument/Northern Arizona.
“Vive, viaja, vive aventuras, bendice y no te arrepientas.”
Jack Kerouac.
Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA.
A huge thunderstorm cloud heading towards us while at White Pocket. Having water pools reflecting the huge cloud and surrounding sandstone formations was the perfect addition to an already amazing scene.