Two road trips in 2024: From Salt Lake City to Las Vegas and south around Death Valley through Sierra Mountains to Yosemite NP in April as Tioga Pass was still closed to winter and snow conditions. Another one from Salt Lake City to Grand Junction, Monument Valley, Hacienda Heights (LA area), Palm Springs, San Diego, Tucson, San Antonio, Grapevine, Florida Panhandle and St Augustine, ending up in Statesville, NC. We change storage for our motorhome and car from Salt Lake City to Statesville, NC. After travelling the West and South West we intend to export the East again and will revisit the Southern Western Open Tennis tournament in Mason (Cincinatti). Of course more than 1600 Photos have been taken. A few of them we would like to share below.
Bryce Canyon National Park (/braɪs/) is an American national park located in southwestern Utah. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The red, orange, and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors. Bryce Canyon National Park is much smaller and sits at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion National Park. The rim at Bryce varies from 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m).
Photos were taken on our hike from Sunset Point down Navajo Trail and through Queens Garden up to Sunrise Point, walking back on the Rim Trail to Sunset Point. We were lucky to get into our car before the storm reached the Rim.
Photos: Ulrich Jobs
Canon EOS R5 RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM 167 @ 167mm SS1/500 f11 ISO500Canon EOS R5 RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM 50 @ 50mm SS1/250 f16 ISO250Canon EOS R5 RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM 24 @ 24mm SS1/250 f14 ISO200Canon EOS R5 RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM 27 @ 27mm SS1/200 f14 ISO160Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 16mm F2.8 STM 16 @ 16mm SS1/125 f16 ISO125Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 16mm F2.8 STM 16 @ 16mm SS1/125 f16 ISO125
Goosenecks State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Utah, overlooking a deep meander of the San Juan River. The park is located near the southern border of the state a short distance from Mexican Hat, Utah.[1] Millions of years ago, the Monument Upwarp forced the river to carve incised meanders over 1,000 feet (300 m) deep as the surrounding landscape slowly rose in elevation. Eroded by water, wind, frost, and gravity, this is a classic location for observing incised meanders.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
Canon EOS R5 RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM 24 @ 24mm SS1/125 f11 ISO100 (Four photos merged to Panorama in Lightroom Classic)
Arches National Park is a national park in eastern Utah, United States. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 mi (6 km) north of Moab, Utah. More than 2,000 natural sandstone arches are located in the park, including the well-known Delicate Arch, as well as a variety of unique geological resources and formations. The park contains the highest density of natural arches in the world.[3][4
We visited the park beginning of May 2023. Here just a few impressions shot in brought daylight, nothing fancy, some pictures jpegs straight out of the camera. you just want to press the shutter button again and again and again, so beautiful.
Photos: Ulrich Jobs
Canon EOS R5 RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM 24 @ 24mm SS1/125 f13 ISO100Canon EOS R5 RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM 159 @ 159mm SS1/500 f9 ISO100Canon EOS R5 RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM 100 @ 100mm SS1/500 f7.1 ISO100Canon EOS R5 RF16mm F2.8 STM 16 @ 16mm SS1/125 f16 ISO100
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor.[1] It is located on the Utah–Arizona state line, near the Four Corners area. The valley is a sacred area that lies within the territory of the Navajo NationReservation, the Native American people of the area.[2]
Monument Valley is one of our favourite destinations to visit. A few pictures cannot show the true beatuy of this place on earth. Sacred and very special.
Photos: Ulrich Jobs
Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 16mm F2.8 STM 16 @ 16mm SS1/500 f8 ISO100Canon EOS R5 RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM 105 @ 105mm SS1/250 f16 ISO200Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 16mm F2.8 STM 16 @ 16mm SS1/125 f11 ISO100Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 16mm F2.8 STM 16 @ 16mm SS1/125 f22 ISO320
The name of the refuge means “woods of the Apache” in Spanish, named for the Apache tribes that once camped in the forests along the Rio Grande.[4]
The heart of the refuge comprises approximately 3,800 acres (15 km2) of Rio Grande floodplain and 9,100 acres (37 km2) of irrigated farms and wetlands. In addition to this, the refuge contains 44,300 acres (179 km2) of arid grasslands and foothills of the Chupadera and San Pascual Mountains.[5] About 30,000 acres (120 km2) of this is designated as wilderness.[4]
Late November to late February is the best time for large numbers of birds, typically over 10,000 sandhill cranes and over 20,000 Ross’s and snow geese. Below a few pictures of sandhill cranes early morning and at sunset.
Photos: Ulrich Jobs
Dawn Patrol
Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1000 f/5.6 ISO100 840mm EF600mm f/4L IS III USM +1.4x III
Difficult Flight Control
Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1000 f/5.6 ISO5000 840mm EF600mm f/4L IS III USM +1.4x III
Coming back for the night
Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1000 f/4.5 ISO1600 100mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
Travelling Hawaii February last year we visited the volcanos on the Big Island. Driving on the Chain of Craters Road a stunning lava field with some grass bushes and great panoramic vista made us stop the car and take some pictures. Lack of colours and interesting patterns and lines seemed to be suitable for a nice black and white conversion.
#USA #Hawaii #BigIsland #Pahoa #ChainOfCratersRoad #Lava #Grass #Bushes #LifeFightsBack Photo: Ulrich Jobs Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, 1/80sec at f/11, ISO 2000, 24mm (EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM)
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