View of the Big Room
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM
[tall photo]
A few days ago I presented a photo of the footpath leading down into the natural entrance of the caverns. Here is a view looking into the large chamber. This was before the conversion to all LED lighting which is supposed to be quite nice.
This is from my very first visit to this amazing place. I was in such awe I only managed to take a couple photos. I've since been back many, many times and have many, many wonderful photos (some of which I've already shared here and more to come, I'm sure.)
I drove through that whole area in the early 2000s(?). Just otherworldly.
There was one point where we were out that way, getting close to the middle of nowhere, when I saw someone on a bike. We were amazed, but even more so when they turned off the main road and started down a dirt road.
Petroglyphs at Una Vida
Chaco Culture National Historic Park, NM
I'm not a photographer. A Photographer would have timed the visit to when the light fell uniformly across the cliff face. I'm just a person who takes photos of the places I'm visiting.
But these petroglyphs as so cool, I thought you'd like to see them even so.
Golden Hour
Chaco Culture National Historic Park, NM
Yes, you owe it to yourselves to visit this beautiful desert canyon filled with more amazing sights than you would have thought before you visited. It's far enough off the beaten path that you can enjoy a #SilentSunday surrounded by the remains of a vast culture. I took this photo on my way to the campground after a wonderful day exploring the canyon.
...still blooming and propagating for over 50 years. The daffodils are not fairing as well under my neglect—probably could use some fertilizer. (Photo from prior year.)
The fourth consecutive photo from my camp at Marble Canyon, this time looking NE—Lee's Ferry is just behind the leftmost ridge. I used 70mm to isolate the peak.
@ai6yr
"From a distance the massive conglomerate of the Telluride formation is light reddish gray or gray. In detail the color is influenced mainly by the color of the constituent boulders. These consist of a great mixture of relatively resistant rock types red and gray sandstone, gray limestone, bluish-gray or gray quartzite, gray granite, gneiss, and dark-gray schist; the sandy matrix is stained somewhat reddish by iron oxide."
Sunrise East of Mather Point
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
As I post this #photo the sun is just about to peek over the mountain east of Albuquerque. I felt like I needed to commemorate #sunrise this morning, for some reason.