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braindead

… Brain like rock formations above “The Wave” in North Coyote Buttes just south of the Utah Arizona border near Kanab, UT. There are so many different weird geological formations in this part of the country. Everywhere you look is something totally different in texture, shape or color.

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scar tissue

… Lines of history up the wall of Buckskin Gulch slot canyon in southern Utah, near Kanab. It is incredible to think about the millions of years it takes to carve a slot canyon in the earth.

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brainy

… Brain-like rock formations above “the Wave” in south coyote buttes just south of the Utah-Arizona border.

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meanwhile somewhere in the Utah desert…

… some taunting clouds hovering over the vermillion cliffs in southern Utah/northern Arizona.

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mudfall

… ripples of smooth and shiny mud on the floor of Buckskin Gulch slot canyon in southern Utah, near Kanab.

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stripy

… a striped wall inside Buckskin Gulch slot canyon near the Utah – Arizona border, not too far from Kanab Utah.

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surf’s up

… reflecting inside “The Wave” in North Coyote Buttes, just south of the Arizona and Utah border.

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intextual

… Inside the Lehman caves at Great Basin National Park in Eastern Nevada along the Utah border.

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incongruent

… Sunshine coming through a round hole making an elongated bright spot. Inside a charcoal oven at Ward Charcoal Ovens just outside Ely, Nevada.

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Predominant

… Textural lines in Buckskin Gulch slot canyon near Kanab, Utah. The lighting in this place is just amazing.

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earth wind and water

… A close up of part of The Wave. One could spend all day at this “little” 2 acre section of the North Coyote Buttes wandering around all the interesting rock formations. I spent a few hours there, but the impending rain storm called me back to camp early. It is about a 3 mile hike (6 miles round trip) to the Wave from the Wire Pass Trailhead on House Rock Road south of Highway 89. The trail starts in Utah, but the Wave is actually in Arizona. It is well worth the hike if you are lucky enough to get drawn for the wilderness permit. Only 20 people are allowed each day at the Wave to keep it a wilderness area and provide a certain amount of solitude.

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filtered

… Another one from Buckskin Gulch slot canyon. So many textures and shifting light. It was really something else to experience. Southern Utah off of Highway 89 down House Rock Road, about an hour from Kanab.