Canyonlands National Park

[gunhilda]

One of the main entrances to Canyonlands National Park is just a few mile north of Arches, on the opposite side of the road. We visited Canyonlands the day after Arches. Before our trip, we heard a couple of people express the opinion that Arches was a much more beautiful park than Canyonlands, so we weren't sure what to expect.

Admittedly, the

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[ziparumpazoo]

Reminds me a lot of all those 'terraforming Mars' novels I read as a kid. Beautiful pictures, especially the one with the sun kissing the spires. Lovely timing on that.

[gunhilda]

We hunted the entire park for the best place to watch the sunset. I think we found a good spot. :)

[tokbakali]

Beautiful pictures. I've always wanted to go to Arches and Canyonlands (and even promised myself I would while I lived in Boulder). For now I'll just visit it vicariously through you!

[gunhilda]

They are definitely worth the trip. Avoid them in summer, though, I think.

[tokbakali]

And I forgot to say that I particularly love the pictures of the crow, the lizard, and the landscape with the skull. I can't seem to go anywhere without taking pictures of insects (usually bees).

[gunhilda]

Yes, the skull! It was just sitting there, randomly. And bees are good! I hunt butterflies, but I didn't get any good shots of them this trip.

[shimmeringstar1]

Very nice to see them again! LOL! Yes, you do you lizard-woman you!

Second to last pic is interesting - At first I was thinking snow on top of the ground, but it was too warm when you came through there and then I looked at it some more and it's pretty neat how there's that layer of white (salt? gypsum? limestone? quartz?) eroding out and breaking into huge square-ish chunks.

[gunhilda]

They call it the "white rim." I've only heard it described as sandstone.

[jafacakes]

Beautiful photos. I love the alien looking canyon landscapes and the second to last picture is quite striking.

[gunhilda]

Thanks! I'm glad you like them.