After having dropped my camera while the zoom lens was extended (on day one of our 8-day photography vacation out West), I had to borrow my brother's camera. In addition, the weather went to Hell from the get-go -- rain and fog and more rain.
Well, I decided to try to make the best of it and plod forward. Here are a copule of shots from day one and day two...
This was at the upper reaches of the Park. We had just come back from a rainy hike to the Fire Wave (more later), when I saw this rather haunting scenery and knew I had to shoot it...
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I found this hole in the rock after sticking my head into a small crevice to check out the view. It allowed just enough room for me to squeeze an arm in with my camera to take this shot.
Our first day of fall vacation in the Southwest began in Nevada. There is a place called Valley of Fire State Park about 58 miles northeast of Las Vegas that is just amazing. It is located in the Mojave Desert near Lake Mead.
The landscape is composed of Sandstone formations formed by eons of erosion. I could have spent a month there and not seen all of the unusual caves, arches, windows, and holes in the rock. The thing is, that if you step a few feet away from a formation, it might look entirely different than standing right in front of it.
Many of the formations are just inches across while others are many tens of feet tall. Some, you have to stick your head into to see unusual shapes, shelves, and holes.
It was raining, windy, cold, and just miserable weather. But, we tried to make the best of the situation. To make matters worse, about halfway through our visit, I had set up my tripod on a slope to check out a particular formation, when a strong gust of wind came along and blew over the tripod. Unfortunately, the zoom lens was extended and the barrel was bent in the process. I've just sent it out for repair, and I'm hoping that it will not cost an arm and a leg to fix...
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This particular formation has a name: Windstone Arch. It was made famous when photographer, David Muench photographed it in 1978, and that photograph appeared in the book, "Valley of Fire --The story behind the scenery", and later it appeared on the cover of his book, "Windstone". Fortunately, we had my brother, John to guide us to the spot. It is a formation that was just tall enough for one person to crawl into. The area in the above shot is about three feet wide and about five feet from front to back.
Our first day of fall vacation in the Southwest began in Nevada. There is a place called Valley of Fire State Park about 58 miles northeast of Las Vegas that is just amazing. It is located in the Mojave Desert near Lake Mead.
The landscape is composed of Sandstone formations formed by eons of erosion. I could have spent a month there and not seen all of the unusual caves, arches, windows, and holes in the rock. The thing is, that if you step a few feet away from a formation, it might look entirely different than standing right in front of it.
Many of the formations are just inches across while others are many tens of feet tall. Some, you have to stick your head into to see unusual shapes, shelves, and holes.
It was raining, windy, cold, and just miserable weather. But, we tried to make the best of the situation. To make matters worse, about halfway through our visit, I had set up my tripod on a slope to check out a particular formation, when a strong gust of wind came along and blew over the tripod. Unfortunately, the zoom lens was extended and the barrel was bent in the process. I've just sent it out for repair, and I'm hoping that it will not cost an arm and a leg to fix...
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More images of eroded sandstone from Valley of Fire State Park near Overton, Nevada...
Tags: Valley of Fire State Park Overton Nevada Sandstone rock formations Olympus E-5 ZD Zuiko 12-60mm
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More images of eroded sandstone from Valley of Fire State Park near Overton, Nevada...
Tags: Valley of Fire State Park Overton Nevada Sandstone rock formations Olympus E-5 ZD Zuiko 12-60mm
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