<a href="http://www.paulsmit.biz/features.html">FEATURE</a> (Category: <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_americas_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">Americas</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_usa_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">USA</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_coloradoplateau_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">Colorado Plateau</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_autumn_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">autumn</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_outdoor_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">outdoor</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_hiking_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">hiking</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_naturereserves_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">naturereserves</a>)<BR><h3><font color="#666666"><i>Utah/Arizona: in Search of the Wave</i></font><font color="#666666"><BR></font></h3><h4><font color="#666666">Deep in the heart of the Colorado plateau the Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area begins. An inaccessible and breathtakingly beautiful area. This is where we start our search for The Wave: the best-kept trekking secret of the USA. <a href="http://www.paulsmit.biz/summaries/wave/wave-e.html"><font color="#608bc1">Read excerpts of this feature.</font></a></h4> http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27984/2048582_YFes4-Ti-2.jpg http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/gallery/58930_YYjAE/ 2009-02-07T20:39:48Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 27981] ’The Wave-1.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. The ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469660008_kC52A" title="[USA.ARIZONA 27981] ’The Wave-1.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. The ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27981/469660008_kC52A-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 27981] ’The Wave-1.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. The ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 27981] ’The Wave-1.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. The ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27981/469660008_kC52A-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 27983] ’The Wave-2.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. The ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659791_J74WW" title="[USA.ARIZONA 27983] ’The Wave-2.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. The ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27983/469659791_J74WW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 27983] ’The Wave-2.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. The ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 27983] ’The Wave-2.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand dunes. The ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27983/469659791_J74WW-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 27984] ’Hiker in The Wave-1.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048582_YFes4" title="[USA.ARIZONA 27984] ’Hiker in The Wave-1.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27984/2048582_YFes4-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 27984] ’Hiker in The Wave-1.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 27984] ’Hiker in The Wave-1.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-23T01:48:46Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27984/2048582_YFes4-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 27990] ’Hiker in The Wave-2.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659745_fB2tZ" title="[USA.ARIZONA 27990] ’Hiker in The Wave-2.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27990/469659745_fB2tZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 27990] ’Hiker in The Wave-2.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 27990] ’Hiker in The Wave-2.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27990/469659745_fB2tZ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 27991] ’Hiker in The Wave-3.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659968_N6iNw" title="[USA.ARIZONA 27991] ’Hiker in The Wave-3.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27991/469659968_N6iNw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 27991] ’Hiker in The Wave-3.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 27991] ’Hiker in The Wave-3.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27991/469659968_N6iNw-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 27994] ’Hiker in The Wave-4.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659684_8umnu" title="[USA.ARIZONA 27994] ’Hiker in The Wave-4.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27994/469659684_8umnu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 27994] ’Hiker in The Wave-4.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 27994] ’Hiker in The Wave-4.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27994/469659684_8umnu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 27997] ’Hiker in The Wave-5.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659557_UHf5P" title="[USA.ARIZONA 27997] ’Hiker in The Wave-5.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27997/469659557_UHf5P-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 27997] ’Hiker in The Wave-5.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 27997] ’Hiker in The Wave-5.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-27997/469659557_UHf5P-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 28000] ’Hiker in The Wave-6.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048579_RTKgj" title="[USA.ARIZONA 28000] ’Hiker in The Wave-6.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28000/2048579_RTKgj-Th-3.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 28000] ’Hiker in The Wave-6.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 28000] ’Hiker in The Wave-6.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may think he is stepping int ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-23T01:50:00Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28000/2048579_RTKgj-Th-3.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 28006] ’Detail of The Wave.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand du ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469660092_WUm5z" title="[USA.ARIZONA 28006] ’Detail of The Wave.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand du ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28006/469660092_WUm5z-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 28006] ’Detail of The Wave.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand du ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 28006] ’Detail of The Wave.’ Locally called 'The Wave’, this geological wonder in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness consists of 200 million years old fossilized sand du ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28006/469660092_WUm5z-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 28007] ’Taking a nap in The Wave.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may find himself surrou ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659532_R5Vvp" title="[USA.ARIZONA 28007] ’Taking a nap in The Wave.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may find himself surrou ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28007/469659532_R5Vvp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 28007] ’Taking a nap in The Wave.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may find himself surrou ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 28007] ’Taking a nap in The Wave.’ The hiker who enters "The Wave" in the Coyote Buttes nature reserve (part of the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) may find himself surrou ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28007/469659532_R5Vvp-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 28009] ’Coloured bands in Navajo Sandstone.’ Navajo Sandstone, seen here in The Wave (Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659487_VjEYf" title="[USA.ARIZONA 28009] ’Coloured bands in Navajo Sandstone.’ Navajo Sandstone, seen here in The Wave (Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28009/469659487_VjEYf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 28009] ’Coloured bands in Navajo Sandstone.’ Navajo Sandstone, seen here in The Wave (Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 28009] ’Coloured bands in Navajo Sandstone.’ Navajo Sandstone, seen here in The Wave (Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28009/469659487_VjEYf-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 28012] ’Coyote Buttes nature reserve-1.’ The strange landscape of Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is made up by a 200 million years ol ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048569_JvWGm" title="[USA.ARIZONA 28012] ’Coyote Buttes nature reserve-1.’ The strange landscape of Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is made up by a 200 million years ol ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28012/2048569_JvWGm-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 28012] ’Coyote Buttes nature reserve-1.’ The strange landscape of Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is made up by a 200 million years ol ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 28012] ’Coyote Buttes nature reserve-1.’ The strange landscape of Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is made up by a 200 million years ol ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:03:24Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28012/2048569_JvWGm-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 28018] ’Coyote Buttes nature reserve-2.’ The strange landscape of Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is made up by a 200 million years ol ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659952_HU5kh" title="[USA.ARIZONA 28018] ’Coyote Buttes nature reserve-2.’ The strange landscape of Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is made up by a 200 million years ol ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28018/469659952_HU5kh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 28018] ’Coyote Buttes nature reserve-2.’ The strange landscape of Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is made up by a 200 million years ol ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 28018] ’Coyote Buttes nature reserve-2.’ The strange landscape of Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness) is made up by a 200 million years ol ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28018/469659952_HU5kh-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 28020] ’Brains Rocks.’ Giant turtles? Roofs of the mud huts of an as yet undiscovered people? The Brain Rocks can be found in Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermi ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048566_H5hdc" title="[USA.ARIZONA 28020] ’Brains Rocks.’ Giant turtles? Roofs of the mud huts of an as yet undiscovered people? The Brain Rocks can be found in Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermi ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28020/2048566_H5hdc-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 28020] ’Brains Rocks.’ Giant turtles? Roofs of the mud huts of an as yet undiscovered people? The Brain Rocks can be found in Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermi ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 28020] ’Brains Rocks.’ Giant turtles? Roofs of the mud huts of an as yet undiscovered people? The Brain Rocks can be found in Coyote Buttes nature reserve (in the Vermi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T19:59:08Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28020/2048566_H5hdc-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.ARIZONA 3886] ’Pavement of giants.’ Examining the surface of the Brain Rocks, which seems to be paved with enormous pentagonal stones, you feel like an archaeologist studying a ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048570_y3skV" title="[USA.ARIZONA 3886] ’Pavement of giants.’ Examining the surface of the Brain Rocks, which seems to be paved with enormous pentagonal stones, you feel like an archaeologist studying a ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-3886/2048570_y3skV-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="96" alt="[USA.ARIZONA 3886] ’Pavement of giants.’ Examining the surface of the Brain Rocks, which seems to be paved with enormous pentagonal stones, you feel like an archaeologist studying a ..." title="[USA.ARIZONA 3886] ’Pavement of giants.’ Examining the surface of the Brain Rocks, which seems to be paved with enormous pentagonal stones, you feel like an archaeologist studying a ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:32:15Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-3886/2048570_y3skV-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28021] ’Erosion forms in Paria Canyon-1.’ In the canyon of the Paria River (a tributary of the Colorado) erosion has formed weird shapes in the local Navajo Sandstone. Pho ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659580_uNRn6" title="[USA.UTAH 28021] ’Erosion forms in Paria Canyon-1.’ In the canyon of the Paria River (a tributary of the Colorado) erosion has formed weird shapes in the local Navajo Sandstone. Pho ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28021/469659580_uNRn6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 28021] ’Erosion forms in Paria Canyon-1.’ In the canyon of the Paria River (a tributary of the Colorado) erosion has formed weird shapes in the local Navajo Sandstone. Pho ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28021] ’Erosion forms in Paria Canyon-1.’ In the canyon of the Paria River (a tributary of the Colorado) erosion has formed weird shapes in the local Navajo Sandstone. Pho ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28021/469659580_uNRn6-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28023] ’Erosion forms in Paria Canyon-2.’ In the canyon of the Paria River (a tributary of the Colorado) erosion has formed weird shapes in the local Navajo Sandstone. Pho ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659994_4GoUy" title="[USA.UTAH 28023] ’Erosion forms in Paria Canyon-2.’ In the canyon of the Paria River (a tributary of the Colorado) erosion has formed weird shapes in the local Navajo Sandstone. Pho ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28023/469659994_4GoUy-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="[USA.UTAH 28023] ’Erosion forms in Paria Canyon-2.’ In the canyon of the Paria River (a tributary of the Colorado) erosion has formed weird shapes in the local Navajo Sandstone. Pho ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28023] ’Erosion forms in Paria Canyon-2.’ In the canyon of the Paria River (a tributary of the Colorado) erosion has formed weird shapes in the local Navajo Sandstone. Pho ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28023/469659994_4GoUy-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28027] ’Marbles of sandstone.’ These marbles of sandstone on the plateau above the Paria Canyon are the same things as the blueberries found on Mars. They are concretions ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048550_GCgfh" title="[USA.UTAH 28027] ’Marbles of sandstone.’ These marbles of sandstone on the plateau above the Paria Canyon are the same things as the blueberries found on Mars. They are concretions ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28027/2048550_GCgfh-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28027] ’Marbles of sandstone.’ These marbles of sandstone on the plateau above the Paria Canyon are the same things as the blueberries found on Mars. They are concretions ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28027] ’Marbles of sandstone.’ These marbles of sandstone on the plateau above the Paria Canyon are the same things as the blueberries found on Mars. They are concretions ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-23T01:48:31Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28027/2048550_GCgfh-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28028] ’Moki marbles.’ These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the e ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659862_BExDk" title="[USA.UTAH 28028] ’Moki marbles.’ These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the e ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28028/469659862_BExDk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 28028] ’Moki marbles.’ These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the e ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28028] ’Moki marbles.’ These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder than the e ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28028/469659862_BExDk-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28032] ’Marbles in the making.’ These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder t ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659716_RZVvL" title="[USA.UTAH 28032] ’Marbles in the making.’ These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder t ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28032/469659716_RZVvL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28032] ’Marbles in the making.’ These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder t ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28032] ’Marbles in the making.’ These little balls of sandstone can be found on the plateau above the Paria Canyon east Kanab. They are concretions that are a bit harder t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28032/469659716_RZVvL-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28033] ’Paria Canyon entrance-1.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048551_3Z679" title="[USA.UTAH 28033] ’Paria Canyon entrance-1.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28033/2048551_3Z679-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 28033] ’Paria Canyon entrance-1.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28033] ’Paria Canyon entrance-1.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-23T01:48:43Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28033/2048551_3Z679-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28034] ’Paria Canyon entrance-2.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048553_Nu4FF" title="[USA.UTAH 28034] ’Paria Canyon entrance-2.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28034/2048553_Nu4FF-Th-2.jpg" width="98" height="150" alt="[USA.UTAH 28034] ’Paria Canyon entrance-2.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28034] ’Paria Canyon entrance-2.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:26:28Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28034/2048553_Nu4FF-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28035] ’Paria Canyon entrance-3.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469660031_EdPPz" title="[USA.UTAH 28035] ’Paria Canyon entrance-3.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28035/469660031_EdPPz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28035] ’Paria Canyon entrance-3.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28035] ’Paria Canyon entrance-3.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28035/469660031_EdPPz-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28036] ’Paria Canyon at sunset.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469660074_BrUYR" title="[USA.UTAH 28036] ’Paria Canyon at sunset.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28036/469660074_BrUYR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28036] ’Paria Canyon at sunset.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28036] ’Paria Canyon at sunset.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28036/469660074_BrUYR-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28039] ’Paria Canyon at dusk.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Pa ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659653_DnXK2" title="[USA.UTAH 28039] ’Paria Canyon at dusk.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Pa ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28039/469659653_DnXK2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28039] ’Paria Canyon at dusk.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Pa ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28039] ’Paria Canyon at dusk.’ At the entrance of the Paria Canyon east of Kanab (and south of route 89) weird shapes have been eroded in the sandstone landscape. Photo Pa ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28039/469659653_DnXK2-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28040] ’Valley of Paria east of Kanab.’ Looking northward through the valley of the Paria, east of Kanab. Photo Mick Palarczyk.</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659600_L8Cd7" title="[USA.UTAH 28040] ’Valley of Paria east of Kanab.’ Looking northward through the valley of the Paria, east of Kanab. Photo Mick Palarczyk."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28040/469659600_L8Cd7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 28040] ’Valley of Paria east of Kanab.’ Looking northward through the valley of the Paria, east of Kanab. Photo Mick Palarczyk." title="[USA.UTAH 28040] ’Valley of Paria east of Kanab.’ Looking northward through the valley of the Paria, east of Kanab. Photo Mick Palarczyk." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28040/469659600_L8Cd7-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28042] ’Crooked pillars-1.’ The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048549_oCDXV" title="[USA.UTAH 28042] ’Crooked pillars-1.’ The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28042/2048549_oCDXV-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 28042] ’Crooked pillars-1.’ The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28042] ’Crooked pillars-1.’ The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:14:48Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28042/2048549_oCDXV-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28045] ’Crooked pillars-2.’ The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659891_MHGvB" title="[USA.UTAH 28045] ’Crooked pillars-2.’ The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28045/469659891_MHGvB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 28045] ’Crooked pillars-2.’ The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28045] ’Crooked pillars-2.’ The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28045/469659891_MHGvB-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28047] ’Holes in the rock.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048581_VWdEZ" title="[USA.UTAH 28047] ’Holes in the rock.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28047/2048581_VWdEZ-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28047] ’Holes in the rock.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28047] ’Holes in the rock.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:18:29Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28047/2048581_VWdEZ-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28050] ’Overhanging canyon cliff-1.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659627_7UP3j" title="[USA.UTAH 28050] ’Overhanging canyon cliff-1.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28050/469659627_7UP3j-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 28050] ’Overhanging canyon cliff-1.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28050] ’Overhanging canyon cliff-1.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28050/469659627_7UP3j-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28055] ’Overhanging canyon cliff-2.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659814_ThZth" title="[USA.UTAH 28055] ’Overhanging canyon cliff-2.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28055/469659814_ThZth-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 28055] ’Overhanging canyon cliff-2.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28055] ’Overhanging canyon cliff-2.’ The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28055/469659814_ThZth-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 7740] 'Crossing the Paria.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The ca ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048558_zJAM9" title="[USA.UTAH 7740] 'Crossing the Paria.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The ca ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7740/2048558_zJAM9-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 7740] 'Crossing the Paria.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The ca ..." title="[USA.UTAH 7740] 'Crossing the Paria.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The ca ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:33:18Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7740/2048558_zJAM9-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28059] ’Sandstone landscape in Paria Canyon.’ View in downstream direction through the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) The river is surrounded by a lan ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#106652498_6tfCZ" title="[USA.UTAH 28059] ’Sandstone landscape in Paria Canyon.’ View in downstream direction through the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) The river is surrounded by a lan ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28059/106652498_6tfCZ-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28059] ’Sandstone landscape in Paria Canyon.’ View in downstream direction through the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) The river is surrounded by a lan ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28059] ’Sandstone landscape in Paria Canyon.’ View in downstream direction through the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) The river is surrounded by a lan ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T13:49:19Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28059/106652498_6tfCZ-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28061] ’Rock and roll.’ Balls of layered sandstone are eroding out of the bedrock surface in the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) They may be of micro-o ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048564_EKwEN" title="[USA.UTAH 28061] ’Rock and roll.’ Balls of layered sandstone are eroding out of the bedrock surface in the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) They may be of micro-o ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28061/2048564_EKwEN-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="[USA.UTAH 28061] ’Rock and roll.’ Balls of layered sandstone are eroding out of the bedrock surface in the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) They may be of micro-o ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28061] ’Rock and roll.’ Balls of layered sandstone are eroding out of the bedrock surface in the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) They may be of micro-o ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:25:57Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28061/2048564_EKwEN-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28063] ’Layered sandstone-1.’ A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast an ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659834_LkVYe" title="[USA.UTAH 28063] ’Layered sandstone-1.’ A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast an ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28063/469659834_LkVYe-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="[USA.UTAH 28063] ’Layered sandstone-1.’ A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast an ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28063] ’Layered sandstone-1.’ A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast an ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28063/469659834_LkVYe-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28064] ’Layered sandstone-2.’ A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast an ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#106648567_MwSvA" title="[USA.UTAH 28064] ’Layered sandstone-2.’ A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast an ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28064/106648567_MwSvA-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28064] ’Layered sandstone-2.’ A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast an ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28064] ’Layered sandstone-2.’ A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast an ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T13:53:28Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28064/106648567_MwSvA-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28067] 'Petrified dunes.’ A small plateau above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient des ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659506_cuyxb" title="[USA.UTAH 28067] 'Petrified dunes.’ A small plateau above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient des ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28067/469659506_cuyxb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28067] 'Petrified dunes.’ A small plateau above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient des ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28067] 'Petrified dunes.’ A small plateau above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient des ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28067/469659506_cuyxb-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 7711] 'Ancient Sahara.’ A small plateau above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient deser ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048567_zP9dK" title="[USA.UTAH 7711] 'Ancient Sahara.’ A small plateau above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient deser ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7711/2048567_zP9dK-Th-1.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="[USA.UTAH 7711] 'Ancient Sahara.’ A small plateau above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient deser ..." title="[USA.UTAH 7711] 'Ancient Sahara.’ A small plateau above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient deser ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:47:00Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7711/2048567_zP9dK-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28070] 'Small tree.’ A tiny "tree" and giant mushrooms sculpted out of layered sandstone add to the sensation of otherworldliness a hiker experiences when trekking through t ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048572_fLLXN" title="[USA.UTAH 28070] 'Small tree.’ A tiny "tree" and giant mushrooms sculpted out of layered sandstone add to the sensation of otherworldliness a hiker experiences when trekking through t ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28070/2048572_fLLXN-Th-3.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28070] 'Small tree.’ A tiny "tree" and giant mushrooms sculpted out of layered sandstone add to the sensation of otherworldliness a hiker experiences when trekking through t ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28070] 'Small tree.’ A tiny "tree" and giant mushrooms sculpted out of layered sandstone add to the sensation of otherworldliness a hiker experiences when trekking through t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-23T01:46:12Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28070/2048572_fLLXN-Th-3.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28072] 'Dinner table.’ Hiking and camping in the Paria Canyon can have its unexpected pleasures, such as this dinner table which has been eroded out of finely layered sands ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048576_aob3C" title="[USA.UTAH 28072] 'Dinner table.’ Hiking and camping in the Paria Canyon can have its unexpected pleasures, such as this dinner table which has been eroded out of finely layered sands ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28072/2048576_aob3C-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="[USA.UTAH 28072] 'Dinner table.’ Hiking and camping in the Paria Canyon can have its unexpected pleasures, such as this dinner table which has been eroded out of finely layered sands ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28072] 'Dinner table.’ Hiking and camping in the Paria Canyon can have its unexpected pleasures, such as this dinner table which has been eroded out of finely layered sands ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:13:41Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28072/2048576_aob3C-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 7704] 'Camping in the Paria Canyon.’ There are no campsites in the Paria Canyon but for hikers with a permit camping wild is allowed The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048574_vCqCu" title="[USA.UTAH 7704] 'Camping in the Paria Canyon.’ There are no campsites in the Paria Canyon but for hikers with a permit camping wild is allowed The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7704/2048574_vCqCu-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 7704] 'Camping in the Paria Canyon.’ There are no campsites in the Paria Canyon but for hikers with a permit camping wild is allowed The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of ..." title="[USA.UTAH 7704] 'Camping in the Paria Canyon.’ There are no campsites in the Paria Canyon but for hikers with a permit camping wild is allowed The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:23:27Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7704/2048574_vCqCu-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 7698] ’Hiking through the Paria Canyon.’ Entering the Paria Canyon is entering the wilderness. No trail, no camp sites, no drinking water. You have to carry everything on ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048578_MuKrD" title="[USA.UTAH 7698] ’Hiking through the Paria Canyon.’ Entering the Paria Canyon is entering the wilderness. No trail, no camp sites, no drinking water. You have to carry everything on ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7698/2048578_MuKrD-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="[USA.UTAH 7698] ’Hiking through the Paria Canyon.’ Entering the Paria Canyon is entering the wilderness. No trail, no camp sites, no drinking water. You have to carry everything on ..." title="[USA.UTAH 7698] ’Hiking through the Paria Canyon.’ Entering the Paria Canyon is entering the wilderness. No trail, no camp sites, no drinking water. You have to carry everything on ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-10T04:52:57Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7698/2048578_MuKrD-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28074] 'Sculptor's workshop-1.’ The product of many years of erosion, egg-like forms of sandstone seem part of a sculptor's studio in a secluded corner of the Paria Canyon. ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659458_fxxkV" title="[USA.UTAH 28074] 'Sculptor's workshop-1.’ The product of many years of erosion, egg-like forms of sandstone seem part of a sculptor's studio in a secluded corner of the Paria Canyon. ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28074/469659458_fxxkV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="[USA.UTAH 28074] 'Sculptor's workshop-1.’ The product of many years of erosion, egg-like forms of sandstone seem part of a sculptor's studio in a secluded corner of the Paria Canyon. ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28074] 'Sculptor's workshop-1.’ The product of many years of erosion, egg-like forms of sandstone seem part of a sculptor's studio in a secluded corner of the Paria Canyon. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28074/469659458_fxxkV-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28075] 'Sculptor's workshop-2.’ The product of many years of erosion, egg-like forms of sandstone seem part of a sculptor's studio in a secluded corner of the Paria Canyon. ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659915_6Q78z" title="[USA.UTAH 28075] 'Sculptor's workshop-2.’ The product of many years of erosion, egg-like forms of sandstone seem part of a sculptor's studio in a secluded corner of the Paria Canyon. ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28075/469659915_6Q78z-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28075] 'Sculptor's workshop-2.’ The product of many years of erosion, egg-like forms of sandstone seem part of a sculptor's studio in a secluded corner of the Paria Canyon. ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28075] 'Sculptor's workshop-2.’ The product of many years of erosion, egg-like forms of sandstone seem part of a sculptor's studio in a secluded corner of the Paria Canyon. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28075/469659915_6Q78z-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28076] 'Potato on pillars.’ Many years of erosion have reduced the sandstone surface, on which this potato-shaped rock once fell, into three slender pillars. The 70 cm long ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048563_HVMar" title="[USA.UTAH 28076] 'Potato on pillars.’ Many years of erosion have reduced the sandstone surface, on which this potato-shaped rock once fell, into three slender pillars. The 70 cm long ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28076/2048563_HVMar-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28076] 'Potato on pillars.’ Many years of erosion have reduced the sandstone surface, on which this potato-shaped rock once fell, into three slender pillars. The 70 cm long ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28076] 'Potato on pillars.’ Many years of erosion have reduced the sandstone surface, on which this potato-shaped rock once fell, into three slender pillars. The 70 cm long ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:45:22Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28076/2048563_HVMar-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28078] 'Micro-landscape.’ This vertical slope of layered pink sandstone in the Paria Canyon has been hollowed out by the forces of erosion. A few fragile pillars - only 15 c ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048562_wwNTE" title="[USA.UTAH 28078] 'Micro-landscape.’ This vertical slope of layered pink sandstone in the Paria Canyon has been hollowed out by the forces of erosion. A few fragile pillars - only 15 c ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28078/2048562_wwNTE-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 28078] 'Micro-landscape.’ This vertical slope of layered pink sandstone in the Paria Canyon has been hollowed out by the forces of erosion. A few fragile pillars - only 15 c ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28078] 'Micro-landscape.’ This vertical slope of layered pink sandstone in the Paria Canyon has been hollowed out by the forces of erosion. A few fragile pillars - only 15 c ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:15:53Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28078/2048562_wwNTE-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 7736] 'Colours of nature.’ When the red sandstone of the Paria Canyon erodes it is transformed into sand with a beautiful pink colour. Add a weird pebble and some blue-green ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048560_6sQMw" title="[USA.UTAH 7736] 'Colours of nature.’ When the red sandstone of the Paria Canyon erodes it is transformed into sand with a beautiful pink colour. Add a weird pebble and some blue-green ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7736/2048560_6sQMw-Th-1.jpg" width="98" height="150" alt="[USA.UTAH 7736] 'Colours of nature.’ When the red sandstone of the Paria Canyon erodes it is transformed into sand with a beautiful pink colour. Add a weird pebble and some blue-green ..." title="[USA.UTAH 7736] 'Colours of nature.’ When the red sandstone of the Paria Canyon erodes it is transformed into sand with a beautiful pink colour. Add a weird pebble and some blue-green ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:09:25Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7736/2048560_6sQMw-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28083] 'Paria Canyon-1.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The canyo ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048559_reD7E" title="[USA.UTAH 28083] 'Paria Canyon-1.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The canyo ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28083/2048559_reD7E-Th-3.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28083] 'Paria Canyon-1.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The canyo ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28083] 'Paria Canyon-1.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The canyo ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-23T01:48:02Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28083/2048559_reD7E-Th-3.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28085] 'Paria Canyon-2.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The canyo ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659666_4gELA" title="[USA.UTAH 28085] 'Paria Canyon-2.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The canyo ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28085/469659666_4gELA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28085] 'Paria Canyon-2.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The canyo ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28085] 'Paria Canyon-2.’ A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The canyo ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28085/469659666_4gELA-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28086] 'Satin sail in Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular ‘polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as ston ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048555_eP78V" title="[USA.UTAH 28086] 'Satin sail in Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular ‘polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as ston ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28086/2048555_eP78V-Th-3.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28086] 'Satin sail in Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular ‘polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as ston ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28086] 'Satin sail in Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular ‘polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as ston ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:43:24Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28086/2048555_eP78V-Th-3.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28089] 'Stegosaur in Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular ‘polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as stone ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048556_WYBsV" title="[USA.UTAH 28089] 'Stegosaur in Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular ‘polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as stone ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28089/2048556_WYBsV-Th-3.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[USA.UTAH 28089] 'Stegosaur in Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular ‘polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as stone ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28089] 'Stegosaur in Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular ‘polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as stone ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:01:44Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28089/2048556_WYBsV-Th-3.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28091] 'Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular 'polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as stones and pebbles h ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469660055_6n2tL" title="[USA.UTAH 28091] 'Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular 'polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as stones and pebbles h ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28091/469660055_6n2tL-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="[USA.UTAH 28091] 'Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular 'polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as stones and pebbles h ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28091] 'Buckskin Gulch.’ The spectacular 'polished’ walls of the Buckskin Gulch, a branch canyon of the Paria River, are formed during flash floods as stones and pebbles h ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28091/469660055_6n2tL-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 28093] 'Wire Pass Canyon.’ During flashfloods in the Wire Pass Canyon, a branch canyon of the Paria River, branches and stones are transported through the narrow gulch at gr ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#469659772_NTYax" title="[USA.UTAH 28093] 'Wire Pass Canyon.’ During flashfloods in the Wire Pass Canyon, a branch canyon of the Paria River, branches and stones are transported through the narrow gulch at gr ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28093/469659772_NTYax-Th.jpg" width="98" height="150" alt="[USA.UTAH 28093] 'Wire Pass Canyon.’ During flashfloods in the Wire Pass Canyon, a branch canyon of the Paria River, branches and stones are transported through the narrow gulch at gr ..." title="[USA.UTAH 28093] 'Wire Pass Canyon.’ During flashfloods in the Wire Pass Canyon, a branch canyon of the Paria River, branches and stones are transported through the narrow gulch at gr ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:40:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28093/469659772_NTYax-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[USA.UTAH 7749] 'Paria River Valley Road.’ Driving through the vast expanse of Grand Staircase - Escalante national monument can be pretty exhausting due to the washboard surface of t ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048554_vyAHQ" title="[USA.UTAH 7749] 'Paria River Valley Road.’ Driving through the vast expanse of Grand Staircase - Escalante national monument can be pretty exhausting due to the washboard surface of t ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7749/2048554_vyAHQ-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[USA.UTAH 7749] 'Paria River Valley Road.’ Driving through the vast expanse of Grand Staircase - Escalante national monument can be pretty exhausting due to the washboard surface of t ..." title="[USA.UTAH 7749] 'Paria River Valley Road.’ Driving through the vast expanse of Grand Staircase - Escalante national monument can be pretty exhausting due to the washboard surface of t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-10T04:53:10Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7749/2048554_vyAHQ-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />'Map with our trails.' Map of Coyote Buttes and Paria Canyon in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area. © Peter de Vries, Holland. This map is for indication purposes only. I do not have t ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/58930_YYjAE#2048548_3QtGs" title="'Map with our trails.' Map of Coyote Buttes and Paria Canyon in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area. © Peter de Vries, Holland. This map is for indication purposes only. I do not have t ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/MapWaveE/2048548_3QtGs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="'Map with our trails.' Map of Coyote Buttes and Paria Canyon in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area. © Peter de Vries, Holland. This map is for indication purposes only. I do not have t ..." title="'Map with our trails.' Map of Coyote Buttes and Paria Canyon in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area. © Peter de Vries, Holland. This map is for indication purposes only. I do not have t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:46:08Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/MapWaveE/2048548_3QtGs-Th.jpg