Archive for the ‘Utah’ Category
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Arches
Under a moonlit sky
Stone arches tower above
Millennia in the making
Thoughts swirl through my head
Faster than the wind
Eroding my essence, like a smoothed stone
Shaping my being, sculpting my sense of self
Though the age old rocks whisper back
Only silence
For Mother Nature cares not for the trials of man
I am at the mercy of the beauty she created
Standing before me
In perfect silence
— Danny Strayer
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Antelope Canyon On Lake Powell — Image by kenne
Antelope Canyon is a series of slot canyons located on the Navajo Nation land. The
beautiful red rock, created from the erosion of Navajo Sandstone is the most visited slot
canyon in the Southwest.
— kenne
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Antelope Canyon On Lake Powell — Images by kenne
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Zion National Park — Image by kenne
While in southern Utah we drove through this beautiful park on a splendid weather day on our way to St. George, Utah where we would be spending the night before driving on to Las Vegas. More Zion National Park images later.
— kenne
“A serene solidified sanctuary where
Sandstone towers seem like sentinels
Savoring the rays of the searing sun
Accentuating the red rock’s rusty colors”
— from “Calm Captivating (Zion) Canyon” by Reuben Wadsworth
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Monument Valley Images by kenne
(Click on any of the following tiled images to see in a slideshow format)
11. Meditation
Our life’s greatest challenges will be won
With the spirit and not by the sinews
At times next to you the Dance’s ghosts run
Other times they can be found within you
Smooth, rolling strides become my rhythm and rhymes
Subtly pick open my heart and mind’s locks
At peace, I'm inured to passage of time
A slack-jawed Buddha floats between the rocks
Sun-baked vermillion cliff, eternity
Spirit of the wild, you are the portal
Stretching out to you, encompassing me
Melt, intertwine, these moments immortal
Fallen angels, my soul is expurging
When the body, mind, and soul are merging
-- from "Ghosts of Sun Dance -- Part 2" by Author
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Canyon Lands National Park Travel Scene (June 2014) — Image by kenne
Being in the right place at the right time
is knowing how to stay active and look around
as if it were your last day on earth.
It’s a wonderful world out there.
— kenne
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Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, June 12, 2014 — Image by kenne
I am—yet what I am none cares or knows;
My friends forsake me like a memory lost:
I am the self-consumer of my woes—
They rise and vanish in oblivious host,
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes
And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed
— from “I Am” by John Clare
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Courthouse Towers, Three Gossips, Sheep Rock, Tower of Babel and The Organ Landscape Landmarks Panorama
Near the Entrance of Arches National Park (June 12, 2014) — Image by kenne
“…only the philosophical question is perennial, not the answers.”
— Paul Tillich
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Laid-Back at Delicate Arch, Arches National Park (June 12, 2014) — Panorama Image by kenne
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
— Albert Camus
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Zion National Park Majestic View — Panorama image by kenne
A few remaining clouds
sailed into the sunset
leaving behind
golden sandstone cathedrals,
soon to be dark silhouettes
against the glow
of desert night sky.
— kenne
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Zion Canyon, Zion National Park — Computer Painting by kenne
The day is early
Off to see the canyons gods
And color my pages.
— kenne
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Court of the Patriarchs, Zion Canyon — Image by kenne
On this cloudy day
we rode the
canyon shuttle
getting off
at each stop
with family
visiting the
park for the
first time.
Concerned the
clouds might
diminish the
canyon’s beauty
soon vanished
as the clouds
began to break up
over the towering
cliffs of Navajo
sandstone that
form the Court
of the Patriarchs.
— kenne
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Clouds Over Zion Canyon — Image by kenne
“Zion Canyon is the work of water
In concert with the winds that shape the heart.
One sees a grandeur equal to one’s wonder;
Nor can one be, but of such grace a part.”
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“The Cliffs of Zion Canyon” — Panorama by kenne
Zion Canyon cliffs
Towers of sandstone forming
Majestic wonders.
— kenne
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Zion National Park Towering Cliffs — Image by kenne
The Real Jurassic Park
can be found in the
deposition and preservation
of Navajo Sandstone. Dating
back to the Early Jurassic
situated on one continent
was a vast sand sea. Extreme
winds created towering dunes
of pure quartz sand
dwarfing modern Sahara. Migrating
avalanches over one another
laminating the dune surface
thus becoming more stable.
Changing over time
by climatic cycles
locking stories of time into
Navajo Sandstone and
forming the towering
Zion National Park cliffs.
— kenne
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