Bryce Canyon National Park, located in southwestern Utah in the United States, became a U.S. National Monument in 1923 and was designated as a national park in 1928. The main feature of Bryce is, despite its name, not actually a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion. Bryce …
The aptly-named “Wave” is a sandstone rock formation located on the slopes of Coyote Buttes in the Paria Canyon/Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness area near the Utah/Arizona border. source: Gabe Farnsworth The pictures actually look like some form of abstract art to me rather than photographs. In fact, the sandstone is estimated …
These images of Las Vegas at night are from renowned English aerial photographer Jason Hawkes. His shots show some of the desert city’s most famous landmarks like the Luxor pyramid, the Paris Casino Eiffel Tower, and the Stratosphere Tower. Capturing detailed aerial images at night has been difficult up until …
Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada range of the United States. At a surface elevation of 6,225 ft, it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevada. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth …
The Black Rock Desert is an arid region in the northern Nevada section of the Great Basin known for its geologic features and as a venue for rocketry and land speed records. The desert has numerous volcanic and geothermal features, one of which is a little-known geothermal geyser located on …
Zion National Park, situated in the southwestern part of the US in the state of Utah, is a virtual wonderland of visual imagery where the vibrant mélange of lush forests, sandy monolithic stone sculptures and the azure of the sky blend into an impressive landscape. The park stuns with majestic …
Home to the smallest population in the USA, at size larger than the states of California, Texas and Montana combined, the state of Alaska borders Canada to the south and Russia’s Bering Strait to the west. The once frozen wasteland, purchased from the Russians in 1867 for 2 cents an …
Mono Lake is a large, shallow saline lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in a basin that has no outlet to the ocean. Because it lacks an outlet, dissolved salts make the lake very alkaline and salty. The starkness and extreme …
