Tag: Arches National Park (page 4 of 4)

Park Avenue Trailhead at Sunset

Marie took this photo of the Park Avenue Trailhead at sunset during our first night at Moab last month.

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Devil’s Garden – Arches National Park

These are photos from my hike with Marilyn through the Devil’s Garden at Arches National Park.

We saw these white flowers near the trailhead.
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2013-06-05-DSC09488-mediumThese are prickly pear flowers.  The prickly pear plants that we saw appeared to be smaller than the ones that we’re accustomed to seeing in Arizona.
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The trail passes under (or by) this interesting Juniper tree.  The wide angle lens that I used for some of these shots really helped to capture the scope of the tree.

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Another fin.  The trail follows a sandy course between the fin in the middle and the one to the right.  It then climbs the fin, forcing the hiker to make a traverse that’s kind of high up on sloping sandstone.  This is probably the most difficult section of the hike.2013-06-05-DSC09575-medium

More fins.  We chatted with the guy walking up alongside the fin for a while.  He’s an ex-NYPD officer who’s now living in Florida.

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A view of some of the fins that are past the Double-O Arch.  I have some Double-O Arch photos, but I won’t post them because Marilyn has some which are better.  I’ll post at least one of hers once I get around to processing them.

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This is Navajo Arch:

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This is a view from the large sloping ledge on the other side of Partition Arch.2013-06-05-DSC09929-medium

Two views of Landscape Arch:

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Turret Arch through the North Window

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Balloon and Seagull Arch

Seagull Arch is a small arch near the North Window.  I photographed a balloon floating behind the wall with this arch while returning from shooting Turret Arch through the North Window.

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View of North Window through Turret Arch

 

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The Spectacles

This is the North Window (left) and the South Window (right), also known as The Spectacles.  These formations are in the “Windows Area” in Arches National Park.2013-06-07-DSC01130-medium

Balanced Rock

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Park Avenue, near Sunset

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The Gossips, Sheep Rock and Courthouse Tower after Sunset

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