I was wandering around Kolob Terrace along the edge of Zion National Park and lensed these images of an area known as the Red Butte Wilderness in the flat known as the Grapevine Wash. This is a stark and beautifully desolate place with bare formations of red Navajo Sandstone everywhere.
The first image below is of a very strange rock formation that lays between the Firepit Knoll and Spendlove Knoll Volcanic Cinder Pits. This is a small formation that is unusual for its otherworldly twisted columns of eroded rock that adorn the top of the domed structure.
Strange Rock Formations on Grapevine Wash ~ Click to EnlargePlease open the images full screen to see the details of these odd formations. This is a dome structure that is common to the Zion area, but the really interesting structures are those spire-like rocks that have been eroded over time by wind and rain.
Strange Rock Formations on Grapevine Wash ~ Click to EnlargeTo get a sense of the size of the area I created the panoramic image below. Click on the image to open a full size panoramic and scroll around to see the full image.
Grapevine Wash ~ Red Butte Wilderness ~ Click to EnlargeI lensed these images at different times while exploring this awe-inspiring wilderness area for my ongoing project, "Where Eagles Fly". This is Part I of a 4 part series about this location. Stay tuned to the next 3 posts to get the full story and watch a film made while flying in the area.
About The Project
Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition is my personal mission to introduce people to these amazing locations that surround us. I am piloting a bush plane while exploring and filming throughout the remote back-country areas of North America to raise awareness of the 47% of the USA and 90% of Canada that remain unpopulated wilderness.
About The Author
My name is Zedekiah Morse and I'm a Bush Pilot, Photographer, Explorer and Filmmaker. I live in the Rocky Mountains and devote my time and resources to exploring as much of the world as I can by air. If you wish to watch a short film detailing how I do my work and this project, go here.
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I love the photo, its so beautiful
great wilderness shots, love that last one
Thanks so much
many beautiful places in the world to be captured in a photo, but you photographed the rocks very well, I admire her, I have followed you friend
Yeow on the panorama!!!
So much to see on the bigger photo, wow
How many photos did it take to make?
As I was scrolling along, it was like taking
a nice long drive :-)
Extremely cool @skypilot 👍
LOL that was a series of 12 images combined to make the panorama. Love your comment "As I was scrolling along, it was like taking a nice long drive" .... very very cool statement. Thanks... I shall quote you.. :)
You are more than welcome to quote me :-))I'm honored you liked my comment @skypilot!!
I love you to be in the sky. you always share the perfect scenes we have not seen before! Even in my dreams I see these sights :)
a perfect panaroma!
many thanks dear friend!
Wow, nice of you to say these things! I am happy you enjoyed them.