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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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“It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
Zion National Park Snapshots
(Click on any of the tiled images for a larger view in a slideshow format.)
Images by kenne
“Life is a great adventure…accept it in such a spirit.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Zion-Mount Carmel Highway Panorama (Zion National Park, September 15, 2016) — Image by kenne
To live for some future goal is shallow.
It’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.
— Robert M. Pirsig
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Zion Lodge Panorama In Zion Canyon, Zion National Park (September 14, 2016) — Images by kenne
My Zion
Stains across an aerie altar, white-streaked red
suspended above my reach, but not my sight.
Perhaps ancient titans sacrificed, honored, bled
now revealed in golden strains of morning light.
My Zion, my refuge
from all it is not.
Oh Zion, my haven
where solace was sought.
Did angels take wing from that lofty perch?
Does the stone truly weep for ages past?
When bygone men for food here did search
in the giant’s throne shadow cast.
This Zion, my friend
please show me how
Oh Zion, my Zion
if only time would allow.
Steps upon crimson sand and stone
as wind, water, eons carve and hew,
I realize my soul was still unknown.
for what was old is now new.
— Terry Tyson

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Zion National Park, View North from Outside the Zion Human History Museum (September 14, 2016) — Image by kenne
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Temples and Towers of the Virgin in Zion National Park (September 14, 2016) — Morning Panorama by kenne
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Zion National Park –Panorama by kenne
We will be visiting this beautiful park again this week.
— kenne
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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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Two Rock Climbers in Zion National Park Above Zion Ledge. — Images by kenne
The bird a nest,
the spider a web,
man friendship.
— William Blake
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Emerald Pools Trails — Images by kenne
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A nice misty hike
Up along the canyon edge,
Emerald pools trail.
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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“Granite Angles” Zion National Park (May 20, 2015) — Image by kenne
The Granite Angles
of elevation and depression
looking up from my window
adorned by trees. A bird’s
song lost in its echo’s
I cannot scale. Lines of age
sketch your face. Tall trees
strike me as bonsais
taking root in your
weathered surface. Smooth
now, your peaks
penetrate the sky
and your cloud halo.
Your shadows dissolve
in a sigh of relief
bringing peace
to earth’s soul.
— kenne
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