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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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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.
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.
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.
Recorriendo los recovecos de este sitio perdido del norte de Arizona.
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Coconino County, Arizona, USA.
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
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.
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.
Memories of extensive photo sessions in the American Southwest.
The image has been re-edited from RAW and digitally enlarged.
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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A beautiful morning in White Pocket with light rain bringing out this nice double rainbow and a beautiful orange glow lighting the rocks.
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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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.
“¿Pero por qué pensar en eso cuando todas las tierras doradas que hay frente a ti y todo tipo de eventos imprevistos esperan acechantes para sorprenderte y hacerte sentir feliz de estar vivo para verlo?”
Jack Kerouac: "En el camino"
Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA.
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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“Vive, viaja, vive aventuras, bendice y no te arrepientas.”
Jack Kerouac.
Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA.
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one of the many motifs of the exceptional location White Pocket in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument/Northern Arizona.
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.
Desert rock formations glowing 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.
Out of everything on this trip, and usually, on most trips, what I look forward to the most is an experience with pure wilderness. On this trip, that came in the form of Vermillion Cliffs National Monument and White Pocket.
Coincidentally, it's also the Bureau of Land Management's anniversary, today. The BLM is under The Department of the Interior, but is managed differently than The National Park Service. With this in mind, public land usage on BLM land can include grazing, fracking, mining, and could even be sold off by the federal government, which is currently a possibility. On the anniversary of this arm of The Department of The Interior, it’s an apt time to remember what their mission statement is: “to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.”
To me, that reads no differently than 1916 Organic Act that created The National Park Service and protects the wonders of the American landscape. And when you consider places like White Pocket, nestled in the wilderness of Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, it should be apparent that no matter what branch of Interior is caring for it, the importance of saving and protecting these landscapes is paramount.
Buried deep in the wilderness of Arizona and down wild dirt roads that require a 4x4, White Pocket is a surreal and ethereal wonderland of carved and sculptural sandstone, stretching and undulating almost as far as the eye can see. It’s impossible to go to this amazing place and not be spellbound and to not let your imagination wander and try and make sense of the exquisite colors and textures at your feet. Places like this are a gift and a challenge. This is what is so vital and what needs to be protected at all costs.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR. Speak up and defend what is yours.
Recorriendo los laberintos del White Pocket en el desierto de Coconino, al norte de Arizona, USA.
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.
Another sunset shot from my colorful visit to White Pocket.
I think the pale white brain rock nicely contrasts the color explosion in the sky. Unfortunately the pool was too soggy to really reflect the colorful sky...
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Por caminos perdidos al noroeste de Arizona en Mojave, cerca de Fredonia.
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Arizona, USA.
This image is from White Pocket in Arizona. No matter where you point your lens, you will get a great image. In this one I was laying on the ground. Nothing new. I tried to balance the image with the two darker rocks on each side and lead the eye through the swirls to the cherry on top. I had to shoot images like this because there was nothing in the sky, it was just oppressively blue. Let me know what you think.
"Una falsa ilusión del viajero es que se encamina a lo desconocido. El mejor viaje es un salto en el vacío. Si al otro lado hubiera un destino familiar y agradable, ¿Qué sentido tendría ir hasta allí?".
Paul Theroux.
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Coconino county, Arizona, USA.
"EN CONCLUSIÓN
Me gustaría decir: amo profundamente el cine; adoro pescar ideas y me encanta meditar. Me entusiasma estimular la unidad. Y creo que la estimulación de la unidad trae consigo una vida mejor. Tal vez la iluminación todavía quede lejos, pero se dice que cuando caminas hacia la luz, a cada paso que das, las cosas brillan más. Para mí, cada día es mejor. Y creo que estimular la unidad en el mundo traerá la paz a esta tierra. Así que: paz para todos.
Que todo el mundo sea feliz. Que todo el mundo esté libre de enfermedades.
Que haya buenos auspicios por doquier. Que nadie conozca el sufrimiento.
Paz."
David Lynch: “Atrapa el pez dorado”. 1946 - 2025.
Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA.