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A freeze-frame moment with a great range of tones on this beautiful structure as the morning sun was beginning to lay claim on the area on its trek through the sky.
This whole area was quite a sight to see in person.
White Pocket in Paria Canyon - Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona
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The area of White Pocket on the Paria Plateau in Northern Arizona is very impressive and seldom visited because of its remoteness or the requirement of 4WD to access the area. White Pocket features swirling, twisted, multicolored natural artwork and the exploration by foot is endless. This area has colors, shapes and textures that are hard to beat. Mysterious indentations resembling "dinosaur tracks" along the rocks.
I am determined to get back here this year, hopefully in the fall, and shoot the things I really did not get to shoot. For example, my camera was locked in someone's truck in the morning, while he was out shooting. That was fun! The sky was rather crummy on the day after we arrived and we left in the afternoon. The afternoon we arrived, nice clouds but no great sunset. A pretty disappointing mixed weather bag. And I need to wander more next trip.
The northern part of the Coyote Buttes can't compete with all those countless swirls and splendorous brainrocks you will find at the White Pocket. There is a gray rock layer, sometimes only a few centimeters thick, above the red sandstone that makes the whole landscape look like as if it was covered with icing sugar. Some hills bear resemblance to the Checkerboard Mesa at Zion N.P., others shine in a golden glow, but it's the red and white colors that prevail at the White Pocket.
Navajo Sandstone shaped like cauliflower, cracked into polygons, at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA