Canyon De Chelley
Dec 30, 2011 23:28:08 #
AuntieM wrote:
The second shot of mine was in a place called White Pockets. This shot is just south of Page at the bend in the Colorado River. It was as close as I could get to the edge....I have vertigo, and tried to crawl on my hands and knees on the sandstone.....not advisable in shorts. There is lots and lots of "eye candy" in the SW.
I like it! Was at Page for a week, but didn't make it to White Pockets, I'll have to go next time I'm down that way!
Dec 30, 2011 23:41:45 #
jbirdmo
Loc: Soon to be Chicago
wright1 wrote:
Great shots, way better than the pics I got in Monument Valley!
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Thanks wright1!
I had a great time going through the southwest this past summer. I brought home lots great content!
---Jude
Dec 31, 2011 04:12:44 #
AuntieM wrote:
The second shot of mine was in a place called White Pockets. This shot is just south of Page at the bend in the Colorado River. It was as close as I could get to the edge....I have vertigo, and tried to crawl on my hands and knees on the sandstone.....not advisable in shorts. There is lots and lots of "eye candy" in the SW.
it's called Horseshoe Bend. don't blame you for the vertigo... it's 1100 feet straight down, and no railing!
Dec 31, 2011 17:44:40 #
Squirl033, maybe you belonged to the feet that I saw standing next to me at the Horseshoe Bend...that person made it to the edge. Thanks for letting me see what it was that I would have seen had I gotten to the edge. Wright1...White Pockets is in Coyote Buttes South, in case you don't know that on BLM land. Don't need to get into a lottery like you do for The Wave. I hired someone to take me in, because I didn't have 4 wheel drive and we went in off House Rock Valley Road from Rt 89 at Vermillion Cliffs. I would love to go back someday, as it was quite overwhelming. The next time, if there is one, I will be more slective of what my shots are.
Jan 1, 2012 20:16:18 #
It's really amazing that you can find so much beauty in rock formations in that part of the country.
Jan 1, 2012 21:30:43 #
Here are some more from White Pockets. You cannot really appreciate the rock colors and shapes until you see them in person, and then somtimes pictures just can't capture the experience.
The Teepe's
Banded Sandstone
Closeup of some of the colored veins and "roses" made of some sort of mineral
Jan 1, 2012 23:34:57 #
AuntieM wrote:
Here are some more from White Pockets. You cannot really appreciate the rock colors and shapes until you see them in person, and then somtimes pictures just can't capture the experience.
Wow! I'll have to go there next time I'm in Az.!!!
Jan 2, 2012 22:43:41 #
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Jan 2, 2012 23:22:01 #
wright1 wrote:
A couple more from my trip to the Navajo reservation, what do you think? Do you have any good canyon pictures?
I would give everything I ever owned to live in that fabulous residence (the first pic) and wisk Theresa off to live and take pictures here.
Ian
Jan 2, 2012 23:24:22 #
AuntieM wrote:
Here are some more from White Pockets. You cannot really appreciate the rock colors and shapes until you see them in person, and then somtimes pictures just can't capture the experience.
These have to be some of the finest photographs of this fabulous place. Thanks so much for brightening up my late evening.
Ian
Jan 2, 2012 23:26:21 #
SQUIRL033 wrote:
the colors seem a little flat... perhaps it was a dull, cloudy day, but usually the colors in that part of the country are pretty vivid.
here are some of my shots from that part of the world...
here are some of my shots from that part of the world...
Incredible pic of Antelope Canyon. Thanks
Ian
Jan 3, 2012 02:01:41 #
ianhargraves1066 wrote:
Incredible pic of Antelope Canyon. Thanks
Ian
SQUIRL033 wrote:
the colors seem a little flat... perhaps it was a dull, cloudy day, but usually the colors in that part of the country are pretty vivid.
here are some of my shots from that part of the world...
here are some of my shots from that part of the world...
Incredible pic of Antelope Canyon. Thanks
Ian
thanks, Ian! :mrgreen:
Jan 3, 2012 21:52:36 #
Love the pictures from the inside of the Canyon. I am extremely jealous.....have been there two times, but not had the time or opportunity to get inside the canyon. Next trip will be made with the express purpose of exploring the canyon bottom, and going into Monument Valley (the first time for MV it was raining, the second time there was a horrible dust storm). Here are some more pictures of Canyon DeChelly
Ruins at the base of the cliff
Spider Rock
Jan 3, 2012 22:00:58 #
Thanks Ian, "White" Pockets is a magical place, although with all the color, don't know why they called it white. I have told my friends that if I die before them, I want my ashes scattered there....surrounded by beauty...what better place to spend eternity.
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