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Capturing The Moment — Arches National Park Vista Leave a comment

Arches National Park (1 of 1)-13 blog Arches National Park Vista — Image by kenne

Posted July 24, 2014 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Life, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Arches National Park, National Parks and Monuments, Road Trip, Utah, Vacation, Vista

Skyline Arch, Arches National Park 9 comments

Skyline Arch Panorama, Arches National Park — Images by kenne

Arches National Park (1 of 1)-11 blog Skyline Arch

Arches National Park (1 of 1)-12 blog Skyline Arch

Posted July 23, 2014 by kenneturner in Education, Information, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Arches National Park, Moab Utah, Skyline Arch, Skyline Arch Panorama, Utah

Colorado River In Canyonlands National Park 4 comments

Colorado River In Canyonlands National Park, Utah — Computer Painting by kenne

Dusty summer earth

Colors deepen with the rain

Over the canyons.

— kenne

Canyonlands (1 of 1)-2_Art blog Canyonlands National Park, Utah — Computer Painting by kenne

Majestic canyons

A land of many contrasts

Cotton clouds soften.

— kenne

Posted July 21, 2014 by kenneturner in Art, Education, Information, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Canyonlands National Park, Colorado River, Computer Painting, Earth colors, Kenne, Majestic canyons, Utah

Hiking To Delicate Arch In Arches National Park 5 comments

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Hiking To Delicate Arch In Arches National Park (June 12, 2014) — Images by kenne

Posted July 20, 2014 by kenneturner in Education, Information, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Arches National Park, D800, Delicate Arch, Hiking, Outdoors, tiled images, Utah, VIEW LARGER IMAGE

Mesa Arch In Canyonlands National Park, Utah 9 comments

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Mesa Arch

View Through Mesa Arch

Mesa Arch In Canyonlands National Park, Utah (June 12, 2014) — Images by kenne

Posted July 18, 2014 by kenneturner in Education, Information, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Canyonlands National Park, Canyonlands Turns 50!, June Trip 2014, Mesa Arch, Nikon D800, tiled images, Utah

Hiking To Hickman Natural Bridge 2 comments

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Cooling off after returning from the hike

Stairway to trail

View from natural bridge trail

Trail to natural bridge

Hickman Natural Bridge

Hiking To Hickman Natural Bridge in Capitol Reef National Park (June 11, 2014) — Images by kenne

Posted July 15, 2014 by kenneturner in Information, Life, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Capitol Reef National Park, Central Utah, Hickman Natural Bridge, Hiking, Nikon D200, Nikon D800, Outdoors, Panorama, tiled images, Torrey Utah, Utah, Waterpocket Fold

More Capitol Reef National Park Panoramas 2 comments

Natural Bridge Trail (1 of 1) panorama blog

Panoramas by kenne (June 11, 2014)

Posted July 14, 2014 by kenneturner in Information, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Capitol Reef National Park, Central Utah, Hickman Natural Bridge, Hiking, Outdoors, Panorama, Utah

Capturing The Moment — Threatening Clouds In Capitol Reef National Park Leave a comment

Threatening Clouds In Capitol Reef National Park Image by kenne

I can feel the dewpoint rising

In the heat of the desert plateau day.

Wildflowers sprinkled on the red dirt,

Dark clouds change the backdrop

To the massive Navajo sandstone dome

Wakening both demons and angels

In this inspirational land

Where roughed cliffs are called reefs.

— kenne

Posted July 13, 2014 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Breathtaking Views, Capitol Reef National Park, Capitol Reef National Park Image, D800, Desert Plateau, Hiking, National Park Service, Outdoors, Red dirt, Threatening Clouds, Utah, Wildflowers

Capitol Reef National Park Panorama 2 comments

Capitol Reef National Park Panorama (June 11,2014) — Image by kenne

Located in the hear of Utah’s canyon country, this picturesque national park stretches for 100 miles. However, our time in this beautiful park was brief as we traveled 20 miles of Utah 24 through the northern part of the park on our way to Moab. Most of the photos I took were in the Hickman Natural Bridge area, which I will be sharing in a future posting.

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Posted July 13, 2014 by kenneturner in Education, Information, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Adobe Photoshop, canyon country, Capitol Reef National Park, National park, Nikon D200, Panorama, Utah

Capturing The Moment — Zion National Park Panorama 2 comments

Zion Park (1 of 1)-3 Panorama blog framed Zion National Park, Utah, Panorama — Image by kenne

Posted June 30, 2014 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Nature, Photography

Tagged with June 2014, National park, Panorama, Utah, Vacation, Zion National Park

Sunrise In Zion National Park 2 comments

Sunrise from Majestic View Lodge in Zion National Part, June 10, 2014 — Image by kenne

Posted June 13, 2014 by kenneturner in Information, Life, Photography

Tagged with Majestic View Lodge, Springdale Utah, sunrise, Utah, Zion National Park, Zion National Part

Nature And Hiking Companions Provide For A Trip Of A Lifetime 8 comments

Pat and Tom Markey on HWY 89 near the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument just south of Page, Arizona

We just returned from a trip to the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, near Lake Powell and Page, Arizona. This remote and unspoiled monument is a geologic treasure in northern Arizona and southern Utah is a must see area containing Paria Plateau, Vermilion Cliffs, Coyote Buttes and Paria Canyon. Our planned trip, lead by Dean Perron, was to hike into The Wave in Coyote Buttes. Since it is difficult to not get plenty of beautiful photos of one of natures masterpieces, I have many I will be sharing in later posting.

Scenic view of the Vermilion Cliff along HWY 89.

The Vermilion Cliffs is one of the newest national monuments (established in 2000). This scenic region is marked only by a few signposts, remaining without any visitor facilities or other improvements — leaving it as a place where people explore by themselves. Administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), it remains a region where most tourists pass by in route to the Zion National Park, the Grand Canyon or Lake Powell.

Southern end of Lake Powell just north of the dam near Page, Arizona. — Images by kenne

Lake Powell: Beauty Beyond Words. (alovefortravel.wordpress.com)
Destination: Page, Arizona (mjose.org)
Now that rocks! British photographer captures perfectly preserved natural wonder hidden deep in the desert (dailymail.co.uk)

Posted March 22, 2012 by kenneturner in Friends, Information, Life, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Arizona, Coyote Buttes, Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Page AZ, The Wave, Utah, Vermilion Cliff, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Zion National Park

My Take on Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours” — iLike 1 comment

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We finally saw the movie, 127 Hours last night. OK, so most people know the plot of the film, based on Aron Ralston’s survivor autobiography, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, so why see it? Two reasons – director Danny Boyle and James Franco, as Aron Ralston, take you into the dark, dusty, narrow Utah canyon, and the introspective mind of Ralston, allowing the you to be a voyeur in this truly terrifying and intense experience. Oh, and the cinematography an’t bad either – how could it not be with such exquisite geology. I could watch this film again, which is saying a lot for me.