Archive for the ‘Vermillion Cliffs’ Tag
In the shadow of Wheeler Peak at Great Basin National Park in Nevada, ancient bristlecone pine trees grow on rocky glacial moraines – creating a surreal and beautiful landscape. Bristlecone pines are the world’s longest living tree. At Great Basin, a 4,900+ year old tree was removed from the Wheeler Peak grove in 1964. Photo of Bristlecone Pine at sunset by Kelly Carroll, National Park Service. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 5/8/16.
The colorful landscape at Vermillion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona looks like an imaginary creation from a Dr. Suess book. In real life, the brilliant red, orange and white bands of Lollipop Rock – the iconic geologic formation of the White Pocket area – display enticing curves stretching to cloudless skies. White Pocket is a great area to check out as an alternative to The Wave. Photo courtesy of Scotty Perkins. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 4/25/16.
The perfect sunset at Virginia’s Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Heather Bautista. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 5/4/16.
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Vermillion Cliffs National Monument. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Valley of the Gods National Monument. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Montana’s Glacier National Park. Photo by Jacob Barber. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 5/31/15.
Trona Pinnacles. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Cadiz Dunes. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
A hidden gem in America’s Pacific Northwest is the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon. Called an amazing treasure, Cascade-Siskiyou covers more than 62,000 acres and is best known for the unique landscapes created by the convergence of species from the high deserts of the Northern Great Basin to the temperate rain forests of the Pacific Coast. As BLM photographer Bob Wick said: “This area is a botanist’s dream where the Cascade, Great Basin and Coast Range-Klamath ecosystems come together. You can turn a corner and go from walking through a dense mossy red fir forest to sagebrush and mountain mahogany in a few feet.” Photo by Bob Wick, Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Sonoran Desert National Monument, from the Maricopa Mountains. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Bisti-De-Na-Zin Wilderness. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
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Arguably some of the planet’s most unique and spectacular geologic features are the narrow slot canyons of the Colorado Plateau — and the grand-daddy of them all is Buckskin Gulch in the 112,500 acre, BLM-managed Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness/National Monument. Straddling the Utah/Arizona border, this 13 mile long canyon is 400 feet deep and sometimes as narrow as six feet — not just at the bottom, but all the way up to the canyon rims (thus the name “slot”). In places you can’t see the sky when looking up; only the sun’s indirect glow bouncing off the scalloped rock walls & creating an ever-changing colorful tapestry. Logs wedged between the narrow walls 20-30 feet above the stream-bed are a reminder to avoid the area during the summer monsoon, when flash floods combined with no escape routes make the canyon unsafe for hiking. The Wilderness lies approximately 10 miles west of Page, Arizona in Coconino County, Arizona and Kane County, Utah. Posted by the US Department of the Interior on Tumblr, 4/17/14.
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