Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, March 2022, Part 9 – Cathedral Valley

Even more Cathedral Valley photographs,

Pyramid

This is not really a pyramid shape, but it looks that way from this point of view.

Emerging

Sometime in the distant future there will be more monoliths here.

Big Brother
Three Rocks
Monolith Production Line
4 Rocks

Until next time,

Ken

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, March 2022, Part 5 – Cathedral Valley

This is a continuation of photographs shot in Cathedral Valley, Capitol Reef National Park shot in March of 2022.

Temple of the Moon
Temple of the Sun
Desert Dry
Temples of the Sun and Moon
Pandemonium
Serene Blue and Red
Gypsum Sinkhole

This sinkhole is deeper than this photo makes it appear.  Falling in would be undesirable.

Sky Line

To be continued,

Ken

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, March 2022, Part 4 – Cathedral Valley

One of the most fascinating areas in Capitol Reef National Park is Cathedral Valley, located in the northeastern portion of the park.  There are two access routes into/through this area from Utah Highway 24.  The access closest to the visitor center requires a river ford, while the other, nearer Hanksville, does not require a river ford and gets into the most scenic portion much sooner than the river ford access point.

The geology in this area is varied and great for photography.  We visited numerous times and only scratched the surface of the photographic opportunities here.  I will devote a number of post to this area.

Cathedral Valley

Initially, we hit the most popular areas in this very large valley and scouted for the places we wanted to get to at golden hours, which was a challenge, given the many miles of driving to get here from our lodging and the limited time we had to work this very large area.

Cathedral Valley Monoliths
Cathedral Valley Monoliths

I see opportunities to organize my photographs of this area into themes, but rather than take the organizational time required for that at this time, I’m posting images in the order that they were taken.

Desert Shadows – Black and White
Desert Sand, Vegetation and Shadows – Black and White
Desert Life – Black and White
Dead Grass and Shadows – Black and White
Sunburst – Black and White

Enough for now, more later,

Ken