Double O Arch
Way back in the Devil’s Garden area of Arches National Park is the beautiful Double O Arch. This photo is looking north, after you pass through the bottom arch and climb up a small hill to look back towards the trail.
The arches are incredible. At one time this park was a mound of salt beds, which were replaced in some places with sandstone. Water eroded the salt beds, and water and wind eroded the sandstone where with just the right amount of hardness and pressure these arches remain. Since 1970, 43 arches have collapsed due to erosion with somewhere over 2000 still remaining.
EXIF:
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
Exposure: 5 exposures, merged with Photomatix - HDR
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 10.5mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Escalante Natural Bridge
I feel really lucky to be able to hang with a great scout troop and visit Utah’s beautiful wilderness. A few weeks back, our excursions took us to Escalante National Monument where we setup camp and hiked around Southern Utah’s Anasazi Indian country. The landscape was amazing - slightly different than Moab or Zion - lots of water, lush green trees, but also still hot and sandy. We had a blast!
EXIF:
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 10.5mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Exposures: 7 - tonemapped in Photomatix