Lovely. When I visited the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest a few years ago, I didn't have a camera. And my car's air conditioning quit. Spectacular place, but hot!
this is such a fascinating place ... so much color and texture and spirit ... and you capture its essence ... i really like 5, 6, & 9!!!
Thank you Timothy. I am sorry that you did not have a camera at the time but worse still is making it through there in the extreme heat that the place is known for. Better luck next time. Thank you also for the rec.
Well, it is colorful for thousands of square miles. Some places a little more and others less but I find it all very beautiful. I'll let you in on a little secret: The first time we explored the area all I had to go along with was travel along this particular road because we wanted to go from Las Vegas to St George in Utah. We were on the outskirts of LV by 7:00 am and we had only 123miles to St George.4:00pm that afternoon we still had 60 miles to go. We did not have lunch other than the emergency food and water. When we got to St George I thought that it was at least 5 times more beautiful there. You can't win against time.
See -- there is water in the dry desert ! #3 and #5 are pretty hefty gullies. We used to have a family joke about "dry washes," where there are often flash floods after rains -- my little sister and I would always get nervous as we drove across them -- "faster, Daddy, faster!" Love your story about the 123 miles to St. George, too! It's truly beautiful, Maarten, and these shots really show that beauty!
Thank you Janet. There are lots of water out there. A very interesting place is called Roger's Spring and a beautiful stream of clear water gushes out of the mountain. It fascinates me that earthquakes do not destroy these underground waterways (maybe they do) but it does not seem so. I was take aback the first time I heard the term wash (here in America) because I did not know what they were talking about. I saw no wash. I could not even discern the path of the water. It was only later when I got used to the scenery that I learnt how to see a wash.
@MaartenVenter - I'm sure that in some places the underground waterways have been rerouted by quakes -- and in some places new ones are created by quakes. Another really interesting feature of Southern California! I love your story about hearing the term "wash" for the first time -- there must have been many such instances and terms when you first came here! What are they called in Australia?
I don't remember what they call it probably a dry run but the Australians are far more difficult to understand at first. They have a strange accent and even stranger slang. Here is a link to some of it although I don't believe that the list only contains Australian words like Ketchup for instance, or dummy.
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Lovely. When I visited the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest a few years ago, I didn't have a camera. And my car's air conditioning quit. Spectacular place, but hot!
this is such a fascinating place ... so much color and texture and spirit ... and you capture its essence ... i really like 5, 6, & 9!!!
@Roadkill_Spatula -
Thank you Timothy. I am sorry that you did not have a camera at the time but worse still is making it through there in the extreme heat that the place is known for. Better luck next time. Thank you also for the rec.
The colours are awesome, Maarten.
@windupherskirt -
Thank you for the kind words and the rec, Denise. I love the place but I only managed to visit the places near the road. There is stacks more to see.
@MaartenVenter - omygoodness ... can barely contain myself daydreaming about getting out into the Painted Desert ... stacks? ohmy!!!
@windupherskirt -
Well, it is colorful for thousands of square miles. Some places a little more and others less but I find it all very beautiful. I'll let you in on a little secret: The first time we explored the area all I had to go along with was travel along this particular road because we wanted to go from Las Vegas to St George in Utah. We were on the outskirts of LV by 7:00 am and we had only 123miles to St George.4:00pm that afternoon we still had 60 miles to go. We did not have lunch other than the emergency food and water. When we got to St George I thought that it was at least 5 times more beautiful there. You can't win against time.
@Neeka1 -
Thank you Necia. It truly is a remarkable place.
See -- there is water in the dry desert
! #3 and #5 are pretty hefty gullies. We used to have a family joke about "dry washes," where there are often flash floods after rains -- my little sister and I would always get nervous as we drove across them -- "faster, Daddy, faster!" Love your story about the 123 miles to St. George, too! It's truly beautiful, Maarten, and these shots really show that beauty!
@slmret -
Thank you Janet. There are lots of water out there. A very interesting place is called Roger's Spring and a beautiful stream of clear water gushes out of the mountain. It fascinates me that earthquakes do not destroy these underground waterways (maybe they do) but it does not seem so. I was take aback the first time I heard the term wash (here in America) because I did not know what they were talking about. I saw no wash. I could not even discern the path of the water. It was only later when I got used to the scenery that I learnt how to see a wash.
@MaartenVenter - I'm sure that in some places the underground waterways have been rerouted by quakes -- and in some places new ones are created by quakes. Another really interesting feature of Southern California! I love your story about hearing the term "wash" for the first time -- there must have been many such instances and terms when you first came here! What are they called in Australia?
@slmret -
I don't remember what they call it probably a dry run but the Australians are far more difficult to understand at first. They have a strange accent and even stranger slang. Here is a link to some of it although I don't believe that the list only contains Australian words like Ketchup for instance, or dummy.
http://www.famie.com/australia/australianslang2.htm
But yes, I think California has the whole mix to create the beautiful scapes (land and sea) that is so unique to the west.
very nice and the sky ,too
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