by Mr. Marty » Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:34 pm
Thanks much Ivan and Dolly.
One of the shots reminds me of the castle shots in "Young Frankenstein". It was a weird morning. I did not even notice the cloud over Eagle Mesa till the sun finally hit it. I turned to head back to the truck and was greeted with that view. Yeah, the area is all sedimentary rock with high iron content. Here the sandstone is fairly massive and bulky and coarse. Very little macro scale layering. But yeah, I did name on of the shots "Extreme Layer Cake". The shots toward the end are taken from the tip of Cedar Mesa at what is called Moke Dugway. This the the single track dirt road that traverses the side of the mesa. 1000 ft Below is Goosenecks State Park. Valley of the Gods, Mexican Hat and Monument Valley the distance. The geology here is to put it simply, complex. But I don't think there is any fossils here. The rock here is rust red. Everything is rust red. The brain tries to normalize the red which makes other non-red things look really weird, like skin. Everyone I ran into looked like just half past dead. It took me a day before I figured out what was going on. There are Navajo tales of places with evil spirits requiring cleansing rituals. I suspect that the brain adjusting to the red is the basis of the tale.
I really want to go back. I did not l make it to Capitol Reef, Staircase-Escalante, Arches. I have an idea that a week on a pontoon boat on Lake Powell would be really cool. I did make it to Page, AZ and Glen Canyon dam, Bryce Canyon, Kodachrome Valley. I am stll working on the videos for some of these places. Zion is also here as well as a lovely little place called Duck Creek. All this is about an hour to two hours away from Las Vegas, and the Grand Canyon. Lots to see.
Thanks much Ivan and Dolly.
One of the shots reminds me of the castle shots in "Young Frankenstein". It was a weird morning. I did not even notice the cloud over Eagle Mesa till the sun finally hit it. I turned to head back to the truck and was greeted with that view. Yeah, the area is all sedimentary rock with high iron content. Here the sandstone is fairly massive and bulky and coarse. Very little macro scale layering. But yeah, I did name on of the shots "Extreme Layer Cake". The shots toward the end are taken from the tip of Cedar Mesa at what is called Moke Dugway. This the the single track dirt road that traverses the side of the mesa. 1000 ft Below is Goosenecks State Park. Valley of the Gods, Mexican Hat and Monument Valley the distance. The geology here is to put it simply, complex. But I don't think there is any fossils here. The rock here is rust red. Everything is rust red. The brain tries to normalize the red which makes other non-red things look really weird, like skin. Everyone I ran into looked like just half past dead. It took me a day before I figured out what was going on. There are Navajo tales of places with evil spirits requiring cleansing rituals. I suspect that the brain adjusting to the red is the basis of the tale.
I really want to go back. I did not l make it to Capitol Reef, Staircase-Escalante, Arches. I have an idea that a week on a pontoon boat on Lake Powell would be really cool. I did make it to Page, AZ and Glen Canyon dam, Bryce Canyon, Kodachrome Valley. I am stll working on the videos for some of these places. Zion is also here as well as a lovely little place called Duck Creek. All this is about an hour to two hours away from Las Vegas, and the Grand Canyon. Lots to see.