by Karen Williams
The clear blue sky radiated bright sunlight which brought out the colors of the green vegetation and red and white rock. This fall day had absolutely no haze in the sky - everything looked clear, clean, and crisp.
Showing posts with label East Zion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label East Zion. Show all posts
Day 362: September 22, 2005 - Clear Day in East Zion
Day 358: September 18, 2005 - Almost Home
by Christian Williams
This viewpoint is not only stunning, but brings a rush of excitement, as it's the last major "bend" in the road before exiting the park in East Zion. This brings a sigh of relief, as it means we're almost home. Living in Glendale, it's a two hour drive to the "big city" of St. George (pop. 4500).
Day 356: September 16, 2005 - Vibrant Colors
These white and red cliffs are alive with color as the sun lowers in the eastern sky. I love the way the rocks look with the shadows stretching across the elevations in the rock face.
Day 355: September 15, 2005 - Sunrise
I got up early and headed out to East Zion for a view of the early morning light. This photo is looking west toward Bridge Mountain and East Temple. Note the tunnel that cuts directly through the rock in the bottom right corner.
Day 351: September 11, 2005 - Parunuweap Pass
by Christian Williams
Starting in East Zion, we hiked up to Parunuweap Pass, a trail across petrified sand dunes which provides an excellent view point into Parunuweap Canyon to the south and East Zion to the north. This photo is looking south into Parunuweap Canyon.
by Christian Williams
Turning around looking back to the north in East Zion canyon.
Day 348: September 8, 2005 - Contrasts
What strikes me about this scene is the strong contrasts. Dark shadows in the lower third of the photograph, with some islands of light emerging up from below, followed by the glowing mountains in the background. Finally, the deep blue sky and fluffy white clouds. I enjoy the way my eyes track through each of these layers of contrast.
Day 347: September 7, 2005 - Sunflowers
I returned to the scene of the roadside sunflowers from a few days earlier and wanted to incorporate some of the rock wall in the background.
Day 345: September 5, 2005 - Sunburst
This small, struggling tree is a familiar sight to observant visitors who frequents East Zion. It's managed to take root at the top of this rock-shaped tower, and lines up perfectly when the rising and setting sun.
Day 340: August 31, 2005 - White Cliffs
The great cracked walls of East Zion have the appearance of leathery elephant skin. I climbed around in the ravine below trying to get just the right angle for this shot and liked the way the shadowy rock wall frames the right boarder of the photograph.
Day 339: August 30, 2005 - Mountains of Sand
Zion is made up of endless vistas of stand stone mountains. But on closer inspection, these mountains consist of nothing more than tiny grains of sand, compressed together.
Day 337: August 28, 2005 - Beautiful Day
by Christian Williams
Today was a beautiful day. There were perfect blue skies, bright sunlight, just a few wispy clouds in the sky. I enjoyed walking around the park and stopped to photograph some of the backcountry, with contrasting shadows that bring out the interesting features of the beautiful red rock.
Day 331: August 22, 2005 - Return of the Hoodoo
by Karen Williams
A few days ago Chris had a photo of this strange little hoodoo that looks small and stubby compared to the mammoth peaks beyond it. I didn't realize he had been using this hoodoo as a subject, and I took photos of it from an entirely different angle. Funny how such a small landmark captured the attention of both of us, but the resulting photos are entirely unique.
Day 330: August 21, 2005 - Hoodoo
by Christian Williams
This is an interesting spot in Zion. There are huge mountains all around, and then right in the middle is this little hoodoo rock formation. It is fascinating to think of how the elements over time have carved away at the sand and rock, leaving behind such a variety of rock formations to see.
Day 318: August 9, 2010 - Many Pools, Forked Tail
by Christian Williams
These large potholes are formed from rain water, racing down the canyon and swirling in these depressions, taking pieces of rock and sandstone with it. Each hole is teaming with life during the spring, but as the hot days of the summer progress, the water slowly dries up, and all the life goes with it. Until next year.
by Karen Williams
Look closely. This lizard, perhaps escaped becoming lunch meat for some predator, and lost its original tail, but was rewarded with two more.
Day 313: August 4, 2005 - Glowing Clouds in a Brilliant Sky
by Christian Williams
As the sun disappeared behind the mountains, the clouds glowed in the brilliant blue sky over the shaded rocks of Zion.
by Christian Williams
I went to an area of the mountains where I have seen the mountain sheep before, and found this bold male sheep that I spent some time photographing.
Day 312: August 3, 2005 - Approaching Storm
by Christian Williams
The dark, threatening clouds from the approaching storm create a moody and ominous feeling in this photo of the usually sunny Zion National Park.
Day 310: August 1, 2005 - Endless Rock
by Christian Williams
I love hiking up from a shadowy canyon below, turning around to look across the trail I came from, and seeing an endless expanse of rock walls and towers.
Day 308: July 30, 2005 - Hoodoos
The mountains in Zion are always interesting to study, with their many different faces. There are sheer walls, different colors of rock, mesas, and on this particular mountain there are the small hoodoo rock formations that pop up out of the mountain face.
Day 302: July 24, 2005 - Vivid Colors
by Karen Williams
In east Zion there are long stretches of patterned rock. The red rock of the mountains looked especially vivid today with the bright blue sky and bold white clouds in the background.
Day 296: July 18, 2005 - Afternoon Light
In the early afternoon, the sun was shinning strongly and there was a beautiful reflection on the rock. However, after spending some time in this area trying to capture the light, I was a bit disappointed when I came home and the pictures didn't look as spectacular as the real thing. The colors are still nice, but there are times in Zion where the rocks really glow, and I had hoped to capture that. It didn't work this time!
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