Colorado Plateau

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A visual paradise of colorful carved stone, dramatic skies, and the solitude of the desert.

  • Sunset across Monument Valley and the Mittens. Monument Valley, Arizona.
  • Spring storms roll across Cedar Mesa filling the long-dry pot holes with rain water. The San Juan River can be seen below.
  • A waterpocket deep inside the Black Hole of White Canyon. White Canyon, Utah.
  • Metate Arch, painted with light (light-painting). Devil's Garden in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
  • The wide open spaces of northern Arizona.
  • Desert brush. Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico.
  • Sunset on the "Egg Garden". Bisti Wilderness in northwest New Mexico.
  • Factory Butte, Utah.
  • The moon rises above the Devil's Garden, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument.
  • The Mittens face off in a dust storm. Monument Valley, Arizona.
  • The "Egg Garden". Bisti Wilderness of northwest New Mexico.
  • Cracks in dried mud. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
  • An unnamed arch on Comb Ridge. Southern Utah near the town of Bluff.
  • The Mittens at sunrise. Monument Valley, Arizona.
  • Sunset on an "egg" the "Egg Garden". Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northwest New Mexico.
  • Metate Arch. Devil's Garden, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument in southern Utah.
  • Pre-dawn ~ Monument Valley, Arizona.
  • Delicate Arch. Arches National Park, Utah.
  • The West Mitten's shadow is cast on the East Mitten at sunset. Monument Valley, Arizona.
  • A pool of water reflects the canyon walls of White Canyon. Near Hite, Utah.
  • The break over the horizon between the Mittens at sunrise. Monument Valley, Arizona.
  • The Devil's Garden, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument.
  • Sunset from atop Muley Point. Cedar Mesa, Utah.
  • Sunset on the "Egg Garden". Bisti / De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northwest New Mexico.
  • Looking down the San Juan River towards the Raplee Anticline near Mexican Hat, Utah.
  • A small tree reaches for the sky from the depths of Long Canyon. Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Utah.
  • Long Canyon. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
  • Goosenecks State Park. Goosenecks of the San Juan near Mexican Hat, Utah.
  • Erosion channels. Wahweap Hoodoos, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
  • Wahweap Hoodoos, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah.
  • A cottonwood tree rises above all others in Zion National Park.
  • Checkerboard Mesa. Zion National Park, Utah.
  • Early morning light in Zion National Park.
  • Towers of Virgin. Zion National Park in southwestern Utah.
  • Towers of Virgin, Zion National Park.
  • Rapids on the Virgin River Narrows. Zion National Park, Utah.
  • The blue light of early morning illuminates clouds as they fly past the Watchman. Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. This photo was created by using a long-exposure during which the clouds moved through the frame.
  • The colors of autumn in Zion National Park.
  • The colors of Autumn in Zion Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah.
  • The sandstone canyon walls of Zion National Park rise majestically above the colors of autumn.
  • Rainbow over Cathedral Rock at Red Rock Crossing and Oak Creek, in Sedona, Arizona.
  • Cathedral Rock reflects in the calm waters of Oak Creek. Sedona, Arizona.
  • The Colorado River in Marble Canyon, Arizona.
  • Sunrise at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
  • A colorful sunset over Monument Valley.