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First light of the day shines over the White Pocket, a fascinating unreal world, deep in to the Vermilion Cliffs.
Going to White Pocket is worth the drive, but to reach White Pocket requires driving 17 miles on a rough one lane cattle road through deep sand. If you attempt the drive, I strongly advise you to have a high clearance four-wheel drive vehicle capable of off-road driving in axle deep sand.
White Pocket is a small area (a pocket) of extreme eroded, swirling and twisted multicolored sandstone formations and slickrock dunes. Unlike the Wave, no permit is required. It’s remoteness and difficulty to reach keeps people away. Nevertheless, remember that it is an extremely fragile environment and the utmost care should be taken to preserve this beautiful place. This is a very remote area, there is no water, no restrooms and no shade.
I camped here overnight, enough time for sunset and sunrise photography. This is sunrise at 7am.
8 vertical images stitched together which results in a more than 13.000 pixel image.
Image is part of the South-West Tour.
Enjoy...
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Technical Details;
Camera; Canon EOS 1Ds mkIII
Lens; Canon 24-70mm 2.8L USM
Exposure; 1/8 sec
Aperture; f16
ISO; 100 RAW
Filter; polariser
Tripod; Gitzo 3541L
Ballhead; RRS BH-55 with B2 AS II clamp
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Some interesting light and shadow out at White Pocket. You can always find interesting compositions out here!
The beautiful red and white terraced sandstone here reminded me of nature's version of a racetrack. I captured this scene at the otherworldly White Pocket in northern Arizona's Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.
White Pocket is looking really nice these days with all the rain we've been getting. Here's a shot from a client outing a couple days ago.
Here's my home away from home! We've been getting some great sunsets out at White Pocket recently. Here's just one example....
I spent a mind expanding (yet chemical free) two weeks in the Southwest desert with Zack Schnepf and Tony Kuyper. We visited places that should only exist in the imagination and the light was hypnotic. This is a phase of twilight I call "Salmon Light" for the pink-orange glow it casts on the land. We patiently waited for it each day even though it only lasts for about 10 minutes in the morning and evening. More coming soon, but I have so much new material it is hard to find a starting point.
🇪🇸 Hoy os subo otra fotografía del reciente viaje a Estados Unidos 🇺🇸.
🇬🇧 It was the first sunrise of two that we spent in White Pocket (Utah). At first it was quite cloudy but suddenly many colors began to come out, the case that I was in a low point of the area with high walls and I could hardly get those colors with my camera, plus I could not find interesting points of interest to them. So I made a 180 degree turn and decided to fly the drone without planning anything, to gain altitude and see what I could get and finally I made this great 360 degree panoramic.
Era el primer amanecer de dos que pasábamos en White Pocket (Utah). A primera hora estaba bastante nublado pero de repente empezaron a salir bastantes colores, el caso que estaba en un punto bajo de la zona con paredes altas y a penas podía sacar esos colores con mi cámara, además que no encontraba puntos de interés interesantes hacia ellos. Asi que di un giro de 180 grados y decidí volar el drone sin planificar nada, ganar altura y ver que se podía sacar y finalmente realicé esta gran panorámica de 360 grados
This is a shot of the well known lone tree at White Pocket nestled among the super interesting "brain rocks."
I took this shot on a recent client outing to White Pocket. The landscape here can look so bizarre - hence why I named this shot Alien Planet Milky Way. We used a single stationary light strategically placed to give even light to both foreground and the background peaks. I offer overnight trips to White Pocket if you ever want to learn how to take shots like this.
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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On the remote Paria Plateau in Arizona's Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, White Pocket is a group of swirling, multicolored formations of Navajo sandstone, including domes, hoodoos, gullies and potholes. Arriving at White Pocket inside Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, you are initially struck by the contrast of white rock in smoothly rounded mounds and cliff edges, dotted with two imperial looking spherical beehives rock cones
Desert rock formations in late afternoon light. White Pocket, AZ. I visited this magnificent and remote location in far northern Arizona as part of a guided photography tour. This was definitely worth it, to visit a lesser-known spot at the perfect time of day. This landscape is an amazing world of colorful rock, with deep blue sky above. This particular spot was in a gap in the western 'wall' of the formation; an alien world of rock awaited on one side, with the high desert plateau on the other side. Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, AZ.
I thought that the clouds somewhat parallel the cleavage pattern in the rocks.
One thing about traveling to some of these more remote areas, be very careful about trying it on your own. This area required several miles of off road travel. There was a driving trail as such but a 4-wheel drive and skill in navigating loose sand is necessary. And of course, the trails/roadways are not marked so your other task would be just finding the location.It is much easier to pay to join a "photo tour". Much less worry and minimal cost difference.
Long View B/W
White Pocket
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Arizona
March 2025
White Pocket, tucked within Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona, is a hidden gem of swirling sandstone, otherworldly rock formations, and vibrant colors. Its landscape—a mesmerizing blend of white, red, and orange sandstone—has been sculpted into domes, ridges, and brain-like textures over time. Adventurers are drawn to its alien beauty, where each turn reveals a new geological marvel. Its remote isolation enhances the mystique.
Here's another shot of some March Milky Way during an overnight client outing to White Pocket. It was well below freezing so we were glad the wind wasn't blowing like it was the evening before. Since the foreground puddle was frozen solid, I didn't think we would get any kind of reflections. However, once I got the image on the computer, I realized it would have been much better with the full tree reflecting on the ice. Oh well...
The Paria Plateau is the central geographic feature of Vermillion Cliffs National Monument; a remote, sandy area 20 by 20 miles in size bordered by Buckskin Gulch and the Paria River to the north
Just one example of the crazily contoured sandstone found at the White Pocket in Arizona's Vermillion Cliffs National Monument.
I was amazed at the flowing, almost chaotic, rock at White Pocket, accentuated by the low morning light.
"White Pocket" is a distinctive rock formation in the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona USA.
Well worth the drive through sand and rocks!
This is in the "Arizona Strip", a large section of Arizona north of the Colorado River (Grand Canyon) only accessible by crossing the Navajo Bridge north of Flagstaff or going through Nevada and/or Utah.
The famous lonely tree of White Pocket in the middle of a rock field. Taken between 2 rains.
Arizona, USA.
After a year of Steve Skinner's insistence on visiting White Pocket Arizona AND tremendous assistance from Peter Boehringer, we made it. When they say it requires a 4x4 to get there, they mean it.
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The truth is... stars are brighter when you are in the desert. Go out and see them, it's amazing.
This photo was taken back in the spring on a visit to White Pocket with Ernie Suto and Roman Racela... two of the nicest guys I could even become friends with through photography.
I flew into Las Vegas and they picked me up, as Ernie had just upgraded his truck and wanted to hit the southwest trails with it. It was a great two and a half days of shooting the most amazing landscapes there are.
Now, here's the funny thing about this photo.. I was sharing a tent with Roman and I couldn't sleep because of his snoring... so when in doubt just get up and go look at the stars, you never know what you might find.
"White Pocket" is a distinctive rock formation in the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona USA.
Well worth the drive through sand and rocks!
This is in the "Arizona Strip", a large section of Arizona north of the Colorado River (Grand Canyon) only accessible by crossing the Navajo Bridge north of Flagstaff or going through Nevada and/or Utah.
White Pocket II
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Arizona
March 2025
White Pocket, tucked within Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona, is a hidden gem of swirling sandstone, otherworldly rock formations, and vibrant colors. Its landscape—a mesmerizing blend of white, red, and orange sandstone—has been sculpted into domes, ridges, and brain-like textures over time. Adventurers are drawn to its alien beauty, where each turn reveals a new geological marvel. Its remote isolation enhances the mystique.
Appropriately called "brain rock" provides an interesting contrast to the flowing forms and stratified rock at White Pocket.
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With all the rain we've been getting lately, our group going out to White Pocket tomorrow is in for a real treat! The roads are going to be extremely muddy but it's worth it for conditions like this.