Southern Utah, 2012
Arches and Capitol Reef National Parks
Southern Utah is a wonderland of photographic opportunities. With 5 National Parks and numerous National Monuments and State Parks, the variety of landscapes is tremendous. In October of 2012, I visited a couple of my favorite parks: Arches and Capitol Reef. Arches contains many wonderful artifacts carved by the hands of the weather: wind, rain, snow, and ice creating a literal zoological garden of forms and features, most of which are readily accessible to most visitors and vehicles.
Capitol Reef, on the other hand, appears to be a smaller park with less variety of forms, but when you get off the main roads, watch out! There are sights to delight the eyes as well as the soul. From the lightly traveled areas of Cathedral Valley in the north with magnificent sculptures of sandstone called "Cathedrals" to the south end of the Waterpocket Fold which is a geologist's delight!
These are just a handful and faint copy of the delights that are Southern Utah!
The Arches images begin at number 1 and the Capitol Reef images begin at number 18.
1
Windows Arch Sunrise
2
Windows Arch Sunrise
3
Double Arch
4
The Organ at Sunset
5
Sunrise on The Organ
6
Sunrise on The Organ
7
Park Avenue
8
Park Avenue -- The Egyptian
9
Tower of Babel
10
Sunset at Sheep Rock
11
Turret Arch at Sunrise
12
Turret Arch at Sunrise
13
North Windows Arch
14
North Windows Arch
15
Park Avenue
16
Balanced Rock
17
Sunset at Balanced Rock
18
Sunset at Sunset Point
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Sunset at Sunset Point
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Sunset at Sunset Point
21
Sunset at Sunset Point
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Sunset at Sunset Point
23
Sunrise at Sunset Point
24
Sliced Bread Sandstone
25
Evening Light at Fruita
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South Desert Overlook
27
South Desert Overlook
28
Cathedrals in Upper Cathedral Valley
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Cathedrals in Upper Cathedral Valley
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Cathedrals in Upper Cathedral Valley
31
Strike Valley Overlook -- South
32
Strike Valley Overlook -- North
33
Burr Trail Switchbacks
