Desert Dimensions
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Curious Ambition
Red Rock Canyon, Nevada is just a quick day trip from the Las Vegas Strip, and offers the visitor stunning rock formations and landscapes.
Desert Delicacy
An hour-long hike from the trailhead, Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah is a fun experience ("The journey is the reward") with a stunning rock formation at the end, that leaves the visitor with, perhaps, more perspective on the delicate systems that make the Earth the incredible marvel that it is.
Glowing Mesa
The Painted Desert of Northern Arizona is a national treasure, especially in the early morning or evening, when the lighting magically produces a palette of myriad colors. The colors in this beautiful desert all seem to transition smoothly from one to the next, leaving the visitor to wonder if there's even any colors missing.
Hope
Upper Antelope Canyon, east of Page, Arizona, was formed when flash floods during the area's monsoon season accumulated and carved out these subterranean slot canyons. During the summer months, they are known for the light beams that occur for, at best, a few minutes a day when the angle of sunlight is just perfect. A Navajo guide is required to explore these canyons, and mine was kind enough to show me one of his favorite of these light beams. He even threw some dust in the air to accentuate this phenomenon as I graciously captured this moment with my camera.
Desert Dancer
As Juniper trees age and mature, a process that takes hundreds of years, their trunks get gnarled and can even twist. I spent a few minutes with this specimen while road tripping across northern Arizona.
