A Desert Raining Morning In The Catalina Foothills — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
–Emily Dickinson
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Near The Wave Entrance in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness Area in Vermillion Cliffs National Monument in Northern Arizona
— Image by kenne
Known for its colorful swirls of slickrock, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument is a sherbet-colored dream world
filled with fantastical rock formations like The Wave, White Pockets, and Buckskin Gulch.
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Vermillion Cliffs National Monument — Images by kenne
“I think the American West really attracts me because it’s romantic.
The desert, the empty space, the drama.”
— Ang Lee
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Coyote Buttes in Vermillion Cliffs National Monument — Panorama by kenne
“Ask yourself: “Does this subject move me to feel, think and dream?”
-Ansel Adams.
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Coyote Buttes In Vermillion Cliffs National Monument — Panorama by kenne
“Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications,
offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.”
— Ansel Adams
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Pena Mountain (Vermillion Cliffs National Monument) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“The land is like poetry:
it is inexplicably coherent,
it is transcendent in its meaning,
and it has the power to elevate
a consideration of human life.”
— Barry Lopez
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“The Pause” (The Wave Vermilion Cliffs National Monument) — HDR Image by kenne
Time to pause
Time to feel moments
Time to be.
— kenne
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Old Juniper Tree In Coyote Buttes, Vermillion Cliffs National Monument — Image by kenne
Old juniper tree
Face of the desert’s harshness
Life twisted and bent.
— kenne
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The Wave in Coyote Buttes (Vermilion National Monument) — Image by kenne
Walking on the wave
An adventure to behold
Decades of waving.
— kenne
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Vermillion Cliffs National Monument (03-21-12) — Image by kenne
This remote and unspoiled 280,000-acre monument is a geologic treasure with some of the most spectacular
trails and views in the world. The monument contains many diverse landscapes, including the Paria Plateau,
Vermilion Cliffs, Coyote Buttes, and Paria Canyon. The monument borders Kaibab National Forest to the west
and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to the east. The monument includes the Paria Canyon-Vermilion
Cliffs Wilderness. Elevations range from 3,100 to 7,100 feet. The monument is also home to a growing number
of endangered California condors. Each year, condors hatched and raised in a captive breeding program are
released in the monument. To visit the monument, you’ll need extra planning and awareness of potential
hazards. Most roads need a high clearance, four-wheel-drive vehicle due to deep sand.
— Source: The Bureau of Land Management
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Tree at The Wave — Image by kenne
You can photograph trees
over and over and over
and tell a different
a story in everyone.
— kenne
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Vermillion Cliffs National Monument — Panorama by kenne
A Beautiful land under attack
Managed by people who don’t
Care for its natural beauty.
Steep eroded escarpments
Exposing hundreds of layers
Of richly colored rock strata.
A lost land filled with hoodoos,
Slot canyons, towering cliffs with
Undulating curves of sandstone.
— kenne
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The Wave, March 2012 4 comments
Image by kenne
Climbing the dunes surrounding the wave
we entered silence and was glad to be in it,
knowing we could only stay for awhile.
By the time we readied to leave
others were beginning to arrive
breaking the wave of silence.
When I think of our visit to the wave
I recall how our combined senses’ of direction
was put to the challenge on our way out
since the path was not a trail but knowing
that if we stayed true to our direction,
we would end up where we began.
— kenne
Hiking Out from The Wave (March 2012) — Panorama by kenne
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Ski-Lift Support Leave a comment
Computer Art (Inspired by a Discarded Ski-Lift Support On Mt. Lemmon) by kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 
For this land,
there must be
better leadership
for our tomorrows.
For this land,
there must be
protected lands
for the public.
For this land,
there must be
clean air
for the eagles to fly.
For this land,
there must be
protected heritage
for the Indians.
For this land,
there must be
sustainable development
for the desert west.
For this land,
there must be
environmental stewardship
for our children’s future.
For this land,
there must be
the union of
knowledge and wisdom.
— kenne
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