Uploads from listorama, tagged landscape

Useful bench....20120920_5110

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:10:40 -0700

listorama posted a photo:

This bench provided a nice route past some fins during my exploration from the Moab Rim Trail to Tear Drop Arch. My route took me around the distant end of the fin at far right.

So much terrain, so little time....20120920_5155

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:12:59 -0700

listorama posted a photo:

Looking east-southeast into the fins of Behind the Rocks. Shot during an off-trail exploration of a route from the Moab Rim Trail to Tear Drop Arch.

Rampart....20120917_4306

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:32:31 -0700

listorama posted a photo:

Seen during an exploratory hike in the canyon of Salt Wash in Arches National Park.

Above a pour-off....20120503_7660

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:53:08 -0700

listorama posted a photo:

Looking down toward a pour-off that is just out of view. The drop is about 100 feet. Seen while approaching the domes above Corona Arch. My vantage point was at the center of this WikiMapia aerial view and I was looking southwest. Corona Arch is 0.6 miles (1 km) south of here.

The white balance was accidentally set to "fluorescent" that day. I tried valiantly to correct the mistake while editing the image: this is the best I could do.

20120915_3543...The Penguins and tree

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:41:18 -0700

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20061021_6575...Spooky

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:09:53 -0700

listorama posted a photo:

The evil shadow of Jackson Butte intrudes into Jackson Hole. Looking southwest from the top of Jackson's Ladder (a trail).

20120915_3439...Rocks

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:22:28 -0700

listorama posted a photo:

Seen during an exploration of the plateau above Courthouse Towers in Arches National Park.

My vantage point was at the center of this WikiMapia aerial view and I was looking eastward.

A note on the image shows the scale.

20061027_0084...Up against the wall

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:28:52 -0800

listorama posted a photo:

Delicate Arch and people, seen from the amphitheater of Winter Camp Wash.
The largest image has good detail.

I have been quiet on Flickr for several days because the hard drive of my desktop computer died. I hope to be back in business in a few days. I uploaded this image with my netbook.

20061027_9576...In the park?

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:12:15 -0800

listorama posted a photo:

I'm posting this six and a half tears after I took it, so my memory about some details is weak. Here I was very close to the boundary of Arches National Park. I think I was inside the park, but I can't remember. This indecision about a boundary borders on meaninglessness. The view is to the southwest.

20120920_5095...Behind the Rocks---will the route "go"?

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:19:55 -0800

listorama posted a photo:

I had just negotiated what I hoped was the toughest part of the trek to Tear Drop Arch: a short wall on the end of a fin. Near the base of the wall was a large juniper that I had to climb through---awkward. Then followed an easy uphill zigzag to reach this point on the flank of another fin.

Ahead lay what I hoped was a negotiable passage between two fins (see note on image). Based on my study of aerial views of this area I was fairly confident that the passage would get me closer to Tear Drop Arch. (If not, the only alternative was the deep, brushy canyon at left). From here I angled right to the start of the intended passage. Getting there was easy but a little exposed in one short section. I was encouraged…

20120917_4126...Overhang

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:44:39 -0800

listorama posted a photo:

Seen in the canyon of Salt Wash in Arches National Park.

My vantage point was at the center of this WikiMapia aerial view.

20120917_3978...Erosion

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:08:09 -0800

listorama posted a photo:

Seen in the canyon of Salt Wash in Arches National Park.
The width of the scene at bottom is about nine feet (2.7 m).

20091019_1590...The view from under Pinto Arch

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:31:27 -0800

listorama posted a photo:

Pinto Arch is at the end of a prominent rock shelf northeast of the Gold Bar Recreation Area and west of Corona Arch. I took this photo from directly under the arch and was looking about southwest, toward the unseen Colorado River.

Pinto Arch is at the center of this WikiMapia aerial view.

Tree....20111021_4033

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:49:54 -0700

listorama posted a photo:

Seen near Smith Lake in the East Humboldt Mountains, about eight miles (13 km) southwest of Wells, Nevada.

20120917_4144...Forms

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:56:00 -0700

listorama posted a photo:

Seen during a hike in the valley of Salt Wash in Arches National Park.

My vantage point was an elevated position on a sandstone rib, at the center of
this WikiMapia aerial view and I was looking about northwest.

20120915_3415...Sheep Rock

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:23:32 -0800

listorama posted a photo:

Sheep Rock is the thin formation at center. It looks like a spire but it's a ridge or wall. Most pictures of it are taken from ground level off to the right.

20061027_9738...Bleach and elbow grease work wonders

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:33:42 -0800

listorama posted a photo:

Dirty sandstone depresses, dismays, and disgusts me. During my trips to Moab I have endured all manner of dirty sandstone: red sandstone, orange sandstone, yellow sandstone, purple sandstone, and gray sandstone. Only one word adequately describes that stuff: UGLY.

On one trip to Moab I went prepared to rectify the situation and the result is shown here. Armed with industrial-grade bleach, buckets of elbow grease, and a wire brush, I did some "cleaning." The casual viewer might ask "Why did he start half-way down this outcrop rather than at the top? The answer lies in my adherence to the teachings of my spiritual guru (the Bhagwan Hotair Windbag of Antelope). He preaches that "to advance spiritually, one must begin at the bottom of the spiritual ladder and work one's way up to a more exalted condition."

Thus I started cleaning at the bottom of this sandstone outcrop and worked my up. The casual viewer might also ask "Why did he stop where he did, leaving the job unfinished?" The answer is threefold:
1. My wire brush was worn out
2. I was exhausted physically even though I was pumped up spiritually
3. It dawned on me that leaving a bold line of demarcation would show the effectiveness of my work, thus inspiring others to join me in this worthy endeavor.

Of course, I need to return to complete the job. When I do I'll bring extra brushes. I won't need any more bleach or elbow grease because there was a lot left over and I stashed it nearby (cryptobiotic crust make great camouflage!). I just might change the focus of my trips to Moab from "hiking" to "cleaning." So much dirt, so little time…

Naturally I cannot divulge the exact location because that might lead to theft of my elbow grease ($$$), but I can reveal that this is a short distance outside of Arches National Park, east of the ridge containing Delicate Arch Viewpoint. Geotagging is merely approximate for this reason.

20120420_1912...Art Boy gets "into" art

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:12:32 -0800

listorama posted a photo:

This structure, about ten feet (2.7 m) tall, is one of twopieces of casual art standing in the desert within walking distance of the Sun Tunnels at Lucin, Utah. The metal pieces have been welded together, making the structure rigid. It is firmly anchored to the ground. It is tall enough and wide enough to allow a person to stand inside, as Art Boy is doing in this scene.

Nearby is a another piece of art. Both are at the end of a faint dirt road. There are no signs announcing or describing them. I presume they have nothing to do with the Sun Tunnels and Nancy Holt.

20100912_5328...Semaphore wannabes?

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:50:24 -0800

listorama posted a photo:

Two lineside poles seem to be trying to act like semaphore signals. Seen at Ola, Nevada, southwest of West Webndover. In the background: the southern end of th Toano Range. This is along the Union Pacific line (former Western Pacific line) between Salt Lake City and California.

20120917_4119...Prow

nobody@flickr.com (listorama) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:26:08 -0800

listorama posted a photo:

Seen in Salt Wash of Arches National Park. Looking southeast from the center of this WikiMapia aerial view.

In the Wikimapia view, note the thin white line just north of my vantage point That is an old park boundary, made moot in 1998 by an expansion of the park that added the Lost Springs Canyon area to the northeast.