Helluva Place to Lose a Cow

Helluva Place to Lose a CowOne of the more famous hoodoos, Thor's Hammer, (featured here) provides a great foreground for sunrise images. When the horizon is not cloudy, photographers often capture the sun as it crests the hammer. On this morning, however, first light provided even more color, by illuminating the clouds in the sky. Bryce Canyon National Park sits at a much higher elevation than the nearby Grand Canyon and Zion NPs; so, when you visit, be wary of hiking in the

and the whole length of sky along the horizon lit up brightly yellow

Oceanside photographer

Moulton Barn is on some of the last property sold to the National Park Service for inclusion in the Grand Teton National Park

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Slot canyons are fascinating structures

I could not help but envision this as a stained glass window

this is a single frame semi-long exposure taken a few minutes before sunset in the wine country of temecula valley (the grape vines pictured here had just been recently harvested by lorimar winery for their newest cabernet sauvignon vintage)

it is exceedingly dry

Florida on August 3

searing heat

and the fairytale cottages and galleries of its village-like center

bold and radiant like the Finale in a fireworks show