Shapes in Nature

I lost a bunch of pictures when my hard drive killed over a while ago, but I still have quite a few pics of shapes. So, here is my shapes post. Enjoy.



Sand Dunes,
Death Valley National Park, California


Mobius Arch,
Alabama Hills, Line Pine, California


Peek-a-Boo Canyon
Escalante National Monument, Utah


Antelope Canyon
Navajo Nation, Arizona


Alabama Hills
Lone Pine, California


Sandstone Hole
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada


Arch
Devil's Garden
Escalante National Monument, Utah


Hoodoos
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah


Antelope Canyon
Navajo Nation, Arizona


Sandstone Formations
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada


Hoodoos
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah


Sandstone
Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah


Peek-a-Boo Canyon
Escalante National Monument, Utah


Hickman Bridge
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah


Colorado National Monument, Colorado


Tufa Formations
Mono Lake, California


Marble Canyon
Death Valley, California

Textures in Nature

Here are some of the textures I've noticed recently. Click on the photos to see larger versions.


Textures in Rock
Death Valley National Park, CA


Sandstone Bumps
Page, AZ


Yucca
Kodachrome Basin State Park, UT


White Mud Chips
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT


Salt Pan, Devil's Golf Course
Death Valley National Park, CA


Sandstone Veins
Page, AZ


Veins in Sandstone
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT



Salt Crystals
Death Valley National Park, CA


Sandstone Formations
Valley of Fire, NV


Dead Wood
Kodachrome Basin State Park, UT


Dried Mud
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT


Sheets of Sandstone
Page, AZ


Decaying Wood
Bryce Canyon, UT


Sandstone Mounds
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT


Fossils
Valley of Fire, NV


Shrubs
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT

Patterns in Nature

For the last few weeks I have become enamored of patterns, textures, shapes, and color in nature. From the patterns on buttes to the textures in sand to the shapes of rock and the color of manzanita wood it is all amazing.

I'll dedicate several posts to these subjects, and I'll let the photos speak for themselves.


Marble
Mosaic Canyon
Death Valley, CA

Lizard Prints
Valley of Fire, NV

Salt Flats
Death Valley, CA

Stripes on Sandstone
Valley of Fire, NV

Water Stains
The Toadstools
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT

Veins in Sandstone
Page, AZ

Mud Patterns
Wirepass
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT

Insect or Worm Patterns on Wood
Echo Canyon
Zion National Park, UT

Sandstone
The Wave
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT

Waves in Sand
Echo Canyon
Zion National Park, UT

Connecting Stripes in Sandstone
Coyote Buttes
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT

Puzzle Patterns in Pine Bark
Yosemite National Park, CA

Polka Dots over Stripes in Sandstone
Coyote Buttes
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT

Sandstone Path
Coyote Buttes
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT

Patterns in Stone
Valley of Fire, NV

Sometimes It's the Little Things in Life

It's fall and the trees are beginning to turn in Zion. The yellow leaves light up in the sun. The maples mimic the color of the rock.

As we hike, and wade, through the Narrows, I watch as leaves fall from trees and flow past rocks and over patterns in the sand below.

I see one bright yellow leaf on the river bank and decide to throw it into the water to see where the currents take it. The leaf twists and turns in the current revealing its color then losing it as it turns over. Finally it is lost under a rock.