A flame like tributary of bentonite badlands is contrasted by the softer and cooler tones of bentonite surrounding it.
The colors, shapes and patterns of these bentonite badlands are some of the strangest looking landscapes in the southwest. Some almost look cartoonish.
A tributary among the Bentonite winds and splits into smaller tributaries.
Layers of sandstone seem to reach out like tentacles along this canyon wall.
Colorful sandstone patterns can easily mimic the patterns found within the body. These patterns gave me the impression of the muscles within ourselves.
Intricate patterns along a sandstone wall resemble the tendons within the human body.
Patterns within the badlands from different angles can certainly make ones imagination run wild.
Circular bubbles trapped in a layer of ice in a small catch basin.
A large pool of ice reaches its end as rocks sit on the outskirts. One rock clearly was left to freeze.
Reflected light over potato chip thin mud curls along the banks of the Paria River.
Intricate mud patterns with varied shades of reflected light and color are battered and beaten by numerous flash floods.
Reflected light and curled mud reveal river rocks beneath as the mud peels off of them.
Red rock on light rock below the red rocks. I loved how the red walls slope right to left while the rock below slopes left to right.
Water ripples over stone and algae as a few scattered pebbles diverge the patterns in the water.
Tiny colorful stones beneath a thin layer of water in one of the many canyons below the rim shimmer in the sunlight.
A detailed and colorful arrangement of rock layers against a slot canyon wall.
Golden canyon walls reflect on the water while intricate patterns of sand beneath create the appearance of a canyon wren.
Intricate and compact sand patterns offer a ghostly appearance along the Colorado River.
Beautiful reflected light over small sand ripples on one of the many beaches along the Colorado River. It goes without saying that this sand is still residing in all my gear.
Rippled mud patterns resemble chocolate fudge in Utah's Paria Canyon.
Scattered leaves stick to rippled mud patterns as they reflect the light of warm and cool tones off sandstone canyon walls.
Leaf oil patterns break apart in a small pool on the banks of the Paria River in Utah.
Various layers and colors of the edges of Grand Prismatic hot spring offer an abstract view.
Red and orange aspen leaves mingle with fallen pinecones along the forest floor of the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona.