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Originally known as "The Place" I visited in 2004 before it was a known photographers location.
It is actually known as The White Pockets.
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.
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.
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.
Located just south of the UT border in AZ, White Pocket is an unusual geologic structure made up of twisted layers of red and white sandstone, weathered and exposed in a multitude of sweeping, cracked patterns. While the colors are amazing, the real beauty of the area is in the patterns of the rock, created 190 million years ago, covered, uncovered and weathered to produce the wonder we see today.
An image of the stunning scenery at White Pocket Arizona. I thought the rock formations in this area looked like candy swirls...
Dan at White Pocket in Paria Canyon - Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona
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