Zion NP: LandShape Photography

Zion and paintbrushes

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:23:20 GMT

]]>Indian Paintbrushes (Castilleja sp.) grace the flanks of a massive mesa in Zion National Park's East Plateau.
I awoke the day of this shot to overcast sky, not really what you want for great landscape photography. After getting shutout at a few different locations, I happened across this scene. Unfortunately, with the gray skies, it was boring an dull.

As the storm cleared, I could see shafts of sunlight penetrate the clouds and start traveling across the East Plateau from west to east. One by one, they all bypassed this scene and illuminated other features. Finally after waiting in this spot for close to an hour, I saw one of the spots of sunlight traveling my way. It looked promising that it might strike this mesa. Luckily it did, and in the 30 seconds or so that the top of the Mesa was illuminated, I snapped about 4 or 5 pictures. Then it was over.

Sometimes photography is about being in the right place at the right time. This was one of those times.

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:12:55 GMT

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Zion Mesa and Hoodoos

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:07:12 GMT

]]>Large Sandstone Mesas and strangely shaped rock spires, or "Hoodoos" found in the wonderland that is Zion National Park's East Plateau.

While less common that those found in Bryce Canyon National Park just up the road, hoodoos can be found in Zion National Park too. However, their formation is different in the two parks. In Zion, the hoodoos are capped by a hard of iron and manganese layer laid down by volcanic processes, over softer sandstone laid down by wind deposition when the area was a great dune field. The soft under layers erode while the hard caps protect the hoodoo. The hoodoos will eventually collapse, as can be seen in the foreground of this image.

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:02:12 GMT

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lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 03:49:30 GMT

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Zion Mini Arch

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 03:49:09 GMT

]]>The Earth reveals many things to those that open their eyes to see them.

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:00:49 GMT

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Hidden Arch

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:01:36 GMT

]]>Hidden Arch can be found Zion National Park's East Plateau near Checkerboard Mesa.