Light gently covers the butte with soft hands, while the sky bows down in muted tones.
#photobyraykenny in Horseshoe Canyon South Wilderness Study Area, Utah. Butte is made of Navajo Sandstone and formed in an ancient desert. #AppreciatePublicLands #WSA #wildplaces #RockinTuesday #nature #hiking
#photobyraykenny in Horseshoe Canyon South Wilderness Study Area, Utah. Butte is made of Navajo Sandstone and formed in an ancient desert. #AppreciatePublicLands #WSA #wildplaces #RockinTuesday #nature #hiking
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Light gently covers the butte with soft hands, while the sky bows down in muted tones.
#photobyraykenny in Horseshoe Canyon South Wilderness Study Area, Utah. Butte is made of Navajo Sandstone and formed in an ancient desert. #AppreciatePublicLands #WSA #wildplaces #RockinTuesday #nature #hiking
#photobyraykenny in Horseshoe Canyon South Wilderness Study Area, Utah. Butte is made of Navajo Sandstone and formed in an ancient desert. #AppreciatePublicLands #WSA #wildplaces #RockinTuesday #nature #hiking
For Day 15 of #AColoradAyPRIL theme #peach here’s a beautiful #wildflower of the Brown-Spined Prickly-Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha). Bonus points if you can identify the type of bee or beetle in the flower!
#macro #EastCoastKin #AppreciatePublicLands #parkchat #NationalParks #hiking #backpacking
#macro #EastCoastKin #AppreciatePublicLands #parkchat #NationalParks #hiking #backpacking
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
For Day 15 of #AColoradAyPRIL theme #peach here’s a beautiful #wildflower of the Brown-Spined Prickly-Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha). Bonus points if you can identify the type of bee or beetle in the flower!
#macro #EastCoastKin #AppreciatePublicLands #parkchat #NationalParks #hiking #backpacking
#macro #EastCoastKin #AppreciatePublicLands #parkchat #NationalParks #hiking #backpacking
A black carpenter bee enjoys the nectar from a Thelypody (Thelypody integrifolium). Photo taken in the #GrandCanyon.
Day 9 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Black
#WildflowerWednesay #bloomscrolling #naturephotography #bees #NationalParks #ParkChat #AppreciatePublicLands #desertbloom #macro
Day 9 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Black
#WildflowerWednesay #bloomscrolling #naturephotography #bees #NationalParks #ParkChat #AppreciatePublicLands #desertbloom #macro
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A black carpenter bee enjoys the nectar from a Thelypody (Thelypody integrifolium). Photo taken in the #GrandCanyon.
Day 9 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Black
#WildflowerWednesay #bloomscrolling #naturephotography #bees #NationalParks #ParkChat #AppreciatePublicLands #desertbloom #macro
Day 9 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Black
#WildflowerWednesay #bloomscrolling #naturephotography #bees #NationalParks #ParkChat #AppreciatePublicLands #desertbloom #macro
An aspen tree and the moon.
#TreeTrunkTuesday #Treescape #naturephotography #AppreciatePublicLands #ThisLandIsYourLand
#TreeTrunkTuesday #Treescape #naturephotography #AppreciatePublicLands #ThisLandIsYourLand
April 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
An aspen tree and the moon.
#TreeTrunkTuesday #Treescape #naturephotography #AppreciatePublicLands #ThisLandIsYourLand
#TreeTrunkTuesday #Treescape #naturephotography #AppreciatePublicLands #ThisLandIsYourLand
For #RockinTuesday, how about some toadstools in the Esplanade Sandstone in the #GrandCanyon? Toadstools form from differential weathering between a resistant cap rock, like sandstone, and a softer underlying rock unit, like shale.
#AppreciatePublicLands #geology #AColoradAyPRIL #Brown #parkchat
#AppreciatePublicLands #geology #AColoradAyPRIL #Brown #parkchat
April 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
For #RockinTuesday, how about some toadstools in the Esplanade Sandstone in the #GrandCanyon? Toadstools form from differential weathering between a resistant cap rock, like sandstone, and a softer underlying rock unit, like shale.
#AppreciatePublicLands #geology #AColoradAyPRIL #Brown #parkchat
#AppreciatePublicLands #geology #AColoradAyPRIL #Brown #parkchat
A spritz of lavender and blood-orange,
creates gauzy light,
as the sun broils in wildfire haze.
#photobyraykenny on the Sierra High Route during the Lion’s Wildfire in August 2018.
Day 6 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Purple
#SensoryArt #Light
#smARTist #Wildfire
#Stunday
#AppreciatePublicLands
#AnselAdams
creates gauzy light,
as the sun broils in wildfire haze.
#photobyraykenny on the Sierra High Route during the Lion’s Wildfire in August 2018.
Day 6 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Purple
#SensoryArt #Light
#smARTist #Wildfire
#Stunday
#AppreciatePublicLands
#AnselAdams
April 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A spritz of lavender and blood-orange,
creates gauzy light,
as the sun broils in wildfire haze.
#photobyraykenny on the Sierra High Route during the Lion’s Wildfire in August 2018.
Day 6 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Purple
#SensoryArt #Light
#smARTist #Wildfire
#Stunday
#AppreciatePublicLands
#AnselAdams
creates gauzy light,
as the sun broils in wildfire haze.
#photobyraykenny on the Sierra High Route during the Lion’s Wildfire in August 2018.
Day 6 of #AColoradAyPRIL #Purple
#SensoryArt #Light
#smARTist #Wildfire
#Stunday
#AppreciatePublicLands
#AnselAdams
Light becomes shadow, as silhouettes pierce the sky in splinters of black
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Silhouette
#photography
#photobyraykenny
#naturephotography
#AppreciatePublicLands
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Silhouette
#photography
#photobyraykenny
#naturephotography
#AppreciatePublicLands
April 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Light becomes shadow, as silhouettes pierce the sky in splinters of black
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Silhouette
#photography
#photobyraykenny
#naturephotography
#AppreciatePublicLands
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Silhouette
#photography
#photobyraykenny
#naturephotography
#AppreciatePublicLands
Sometimes it is all about the tree.
Let’s continue to fight for and protect our public lands. Fremont Cottonwood in Halls Creek, Utah
#GlenCanyonNRA #AppreciatePublicLands #scape #landscape #treescape #parkchat #SensoryArt #light #photobyraykenny
Let’s continue to fight for and protect our public lands. Fremont Cottonwood in Halls Creek, Utah
#GlenCanyonNRA #AppreciatePublicLands #scape #landscape #treescape #parkchat #SensoryArt #light #photobyraykenny
April 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Sometimes it is all about the tree.
Let’s continue to fight for and protect our public lands. Fremont Cottonwood in Halls Creek, Utah
#GlenCanyonNRA #AppreciatePublicLands #scape #landscape #treescape #parkchat #SensoryArt #light #photobyraykenny
Let’s continue to fight for and protect our public lands. Fremont Cottonwood in Halls Creek, Utah
#GlenCanyonNRA #AppreciatePublicLands #scape #landscape #treescape #parkchat #SensoryArt #light #photobyraykenny
Good morning Blueskyers! Here’s a Hoary Comma butterfly on a tall blacktip ragwort flower (Senecio atratus) to add brightness to your day.
Day 3 of #AColoradAyPRIL #yellow
#SensoryArt #light #naturephotography #photobyraykenny #bloomscrolling #butterflies #wildflowers #AppreciatePublicLands
Day 3 of #AColoradAyPRIL #yellow
#SensoryArt #light #naturephotography #photobyraykenny #bloomscrolling #butterflies #wildflowers #AppreciatePublicLands
April 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Good morning Blueskyers! Here’s a Hoary Comma butterfly on a tall blacktip ragwort flower (Senecio atratus) to add brightness to your day.
Day 3 of #AColoradAyPRIL #yellow
#SensoryArt #light #naturephotography #photobyraykenny #bloomscrolling #butterflies #wildflowers #AppreciatePublicLands
Day 3 of #AColoradAyPRIL #yellow
#SensoryArt #light #naturephotography #photobyraykenny #bloomscrolling #butterflies #wildflowers #AppreciatePublicLands
Although this is not a real eagle, it sure looks like one!
Taken in Waterpocket Fold March 23, 2025. Formation: Navajo Sandstone.
#WildlifeWednesday #Eagle #Landscape #photography #geology #GlenCanyonNRA #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces #photography
Taken in Waterpocket Fold March 23, 2025. Formation: Navajo Sandstone.
#WildlifeWednesday #Eagle #Landscape #photography #geology #GlenCanyonNRA #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces #photography
April 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Although this is not a real eagle, it sure looks like one!
Taken in Waterpocket Fold March 23, 2025. Formation: Navajo Sandstone.
#WildlifeWednesday #Eagle #Landscape #photography #geology #GlenCanyonNRA #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces #photography
Taken in Waterpocket Fold March 23, 2025. Formation: Navajo Sandstone.
#WildlifeWednesday #Eagle #Landscape #photography #geology #GlenCanyonNRA #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces #photography
As walls draw me close, I reach for golden light.
#photobyraykenny in Antelope Canyon, Az. This beautiful slot formed in the Navajo Sandstone which once was a large desert full of sand dunes.
Day 30 of #MarchIntoLandscapes #Dune #Stunday #AppreciatePublicLands #nature #shotsinslots #photography
#photobyraykenny in Antelope Canyon, Az. This beautiful slot formed in the Navajo Sandstone which once was a large desert full of sand dunes.
Day 30 of #MarchIntoLandscapes #Dune #Stunday #AppreciatePublicLands #nature #shotsinslots #photography
March 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
As walls draw me close, I reach for golden light.
#photobyraykenny in Antelope Canyon, Az. This beautiful slot formed in the Navajo Sandstone which once was a large desert full of sand dunes.
Day 30 of #MarchIntoLandscapes #Dune #Stunday #AppreciatePublicLands #nature #shotsinslots #photography
#photobyraykenny in Antelope Canyon, Az. This beautiful slot formed in the Navajo Sandstone which once was a large desert full of sand dunes.
Day 30 of #MarchIntoLandscapes #Dune #Stunday #AppreciatePublicLands #nature #shotsinslots #photography
Our campsite along the Waterpocket Fold in Utah last weekend. This place was teaming with life. We had western screech owls, bobcats, and frogs serenading us all night long.
#AppreciatePublicLands
#GlenCanyonNationalRecreationArea #redrock #wildplaces #scape #landscape #EastCoastKin #backpacking
#AppreciatePublicLands
#GlenCanyonNationalRecreationArea #redrock #wildplaces #scape #landscape #EastCoastKin #backpacking
March 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Our campsite along the Waterpocket Fold in Utah last weekend. This place was teaming with life. We had western screech owls, bobcats, and frogs serenading us all night long.
#AppreciatePublicLands
#GlenCanyonNationalRecreationArea #redrock #wildplaces #scape #landscape #EastCoastKin #backpacking
#AppreciatePublicLands
#GlenCanyonNationalRecreationArea #redrock #wildplaces #scape #landscape #EastCoastKin #backpacking
Day 27 of #MarchIntoLandscapes theme #Misty
And sometimes the canyon just throws you moods.
#GrandCanyon #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat
And sometimes the canyon just throws you moods.
#GrandCanyon #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat
March 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Day 27 of #MarchIntoLandscapes theme #Misty
And sometimes the canyon just throws you moods.
#GrandCanyon #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat
And sometimes the canyon just throws you moods.
#GrandCanyon #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat
For #MarchArches, here is Angel Arch, the largest natural arch in Canyonlands. Some consider it the most spectacular arch in the entire canyon country! It is in a side canyon of Salt Creek Canyon, my favorite #backpacking area in Canyonlands.
#AppreciatePublicLands #NationalParks #parkchat #nature
#AppreciatePublicLands #NationalParks #parkchat #nature
March 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
For #MarchArches, here is Angel Arch, the largest natural arch in Canyonlands. Some consider it the most spectacular arch in the entire canyon country! It is in a side canyon of Salt Creek Canyon, my favorite #backpacking area in Canyonlands.
#AppreciatePublicLands #NationalParks #parkchat #nature
#AppreciatePublicLands #NationalParks #parkchat #nature
The beautiful and iconic Thunder River Springs in Grand Canyon National Park.
#WaterfallWednesday #NationalParks #Parkchat #photobyraykenny #GrandCanyon #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces
#WaterfallWednesday #NationalParks #Parkchat #photobyraykenny #GrandCanyon #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces
March 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The beautiful and iconic Thunder River Springs in Grand Canyon National Park.
#WaterfallWednesday #NationalParks #Parkchat #photobyraykenny #GrandCanyon #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces
#WaterfallWednesday #NationalParks #Parkchat #photobyraykenny #GrandCanyon #AppreciatePublicLands #wildplaces
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view” - Edward Abbey
#photobyraykenny taken March 22, 2022 in the #GrandCanyon
#RockinTuesday #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat #Wildplaces #packrafting #packraft #backpacking
#photobyraykenny taken March 22, 2022 in the #GrandCanyon
#RockinTuesday #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat #Wildplaces #packrafting #packraft #backpacking
March 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view” - Edward Abbey
#photobyraykenny taken March 22, 2022 in the #GrandCanyon
#RockinTuesday #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat #Wildplaces #packrafting #packraft #backpacking
#photobyraykenny taken March 22, 2022 in the #GrandCanyon
#RockinTuesday #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #ParkChat #Wildplaces #packrafting #packraft #backpacking
Here is a rarely seen Arch for #MarchArches. It is called Zane Grey Arch in the greater Escalante River drainage area. You can only get there by watercraft and then hiking.
#packraft #packrafting #AppreciatePublicLands #MonumentsForAll #wildplaces #MarchIntoLandscapes #untouched
#packraft #packrafting #AppreciatePublicLands #MonumentsForAll #wildplaces #MarchIntoLandscapes #untouched
March 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Here is a rarely seen Arch for #MarchArches. It is called Zane Grey Arch in the greater Escalante River drainage area. You can only get there by watercraft and then hiking.
#packraft #packrafting #AppreciatePublicLands #MonumentsForAll #wildplaces #MarchIntoLandscapes #untouched
#packraft #packrafting #AppreciatePublicLands #MonumentsForAll #wildplaces #MarchIntoLandscapes #untouched
The curves sway and undulate in patterns, carved by water, reaching through time.
#photobyraykenny of Willis Creek Slot in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Geologic Formation: Navajo Sandstone
#SensoryArt #Texture #MonumentsForAll #AppreciatePublicLands
#photobyraykenny of Willis Creek Slot in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Geologic Formation: Navajo Sandstone
#SensoryArt #Texture #MonumentsForAll #AppreciatePublicLands
March 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The curves sway and undulate in patterns, carved by water, reaching through time.
#photobyraykenny of Willis Creek Slot in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Geologic Formation: Navajo Sandstone
#SensoryArt #Texture #MonumentsForAll #AppreciatePublicLands
#photobyraykenny of Willis Creek Slot in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Geologic Formation: Navajo Sandstone
#SensoryArt #Texture #MonumentsForAll #AppreciatePublicLands
“Time in nature soothes my soul’s lovely wild” - Angie Weiland-Crosby
#photobyraykenny in the Dirty Devil Wilderness Area, UT. We must continue to fight for these wild spaces.
#WSA #redrock #protectwildutah #AppreciatePublicLands
#Stunday #ShotsInSlots
#photobyraykenny in the Dirty Devil Wilderness Area, UT. We must continue to fight for these wild spaces.
#WSA #redrock #protectwildutah #AppreciatePublicLands
#Stunday #ShotsInSlots
March 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Time in nature soothes my soul’s lovely wild” - Angie Weiland-Crosby
#photobyraykenny in the Dirty Devil Wilderness Area, UT. We must continue to fight for these wild spaces.
#WSA #redrock #protectwildutah #AppreciatePublicLands
#Stunday #ShotsInSlots
#photobyraykenny in the Dirty Devil Wilderness Area, UT. We must continue to fight for these wild spaces.
#WSA #redrock #protectwildutah #AppreciatePublicLands
#Stunday #ShotsInSlots
The moon pokes through while the sun is setting, lighting up cliffs of the Claron Formation.
#photobyraykenny taken near Tropic, UT.
#BlueSkyArtShow, #Sunlight #BryceCanyon #NationalParks #Parkchat #AppreciatePublicLands #naturephotography
#photobyraykenny taken near Tropic, UT.
#BlueSkyArtShow, #Sunlight #BryceCanyon #NationalParks #Parkchat #AppreciatePublicLands #naturephotography
March 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The moon pokes through while the sun is setting, lighting up cliffs of the Claron Formation.
#photobyraykenny taken near Tropic, UT.
#BlueSkyArtShow, #Sunlight #BryceCanyon #NationalParks #Parkchat #AppreciatePublicLands #naturephotography
#photobyraykenny taken near Tropic, UT.
#BlueSkyArtShow, #Sunlight #BryceCanyon #NationalParks #Parkchat #AppreciatePublicLands #naturephotography
OK, so I just love the theme #jagged for Day 14 #MarchIntoLandscapes. So here is a 2nd photo for jagged of the Needles District in #Canyonlands. Does it get anymore jagged than this??
#parkchat #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastkin #Rockscape
#parkchat #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastkin #Rockscape
March 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
OK, so I just love the theme #jagged for Day 14 #MarchIntoLandscapes. So here is a 2nd photo for jagged of the Needles District in #Canyonlands. Does it get anymore jagged than this??
#parkchat #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastkin #Rockscape
#parkchat #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastkin #Rockscape
Day 14 of #MarchIntoLandscapes, theme #Jagged
The Weiminuche High Route is an incredible 50-mile scramble/off-trail hike near Durango, CO. This photo is of Jagged Peak on the way up to Leviathion Peak Pass thetrek.co/the-weminuch...
#Scape #Landscape #naturephotography #appreciatepubliclands
The Weiminuche High Route is an incredible 50-mile scramble/off-trail hike near Durango, CO. This photo is of Jagged Peak on the way up to Leviathion Peak Pass thetrek.co/the-weminuch...
#Scape #Landscape #naturephotography #appreciatepubliclands
March 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Day 14 of #MarchIntoLandscapes, theme #Jagged
The Weiminuche High Route is an incredible 50-mile scramble/off-trail hike near Durango, CO. This photo is of Jagged Peak on the way up to Leviathion Peak Pass thetrek.co/the-weminuch...
#Scape #Landscape #naturephotography #appreciatepubliclands
The Weiminuche High Route is an incredible 50-mile scramble/off-trail hike near Durango, CO. This photo is of Jagged Peak on the way up to Leviathion Peak Pass thetrek.co/the-weminuch...
#Scape #Landscape #naturephotography #appreciatepubliclands
View of the Raplee Anticline in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
#RockinTuesday #geology #naturephotography #photobyraykenny #appreciatepubliclands #wildplaces
#RockinTuesday #geology #naturephotography #photobyraykenny #appreciatepubliclands #wildplaces
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
View of the Raplee Anticline in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
#RockinTuesday #geology #naturephotography #photobyraykenny #appreciatepubliclands #wildplaces
#RockinTuesday #geology #naturephotography #photobyraykenny #appreciatepubliclands #wildplaces
Any Penstemaniacs? Seriously, there is an American Penstemon Society that focuses only on penstemons. This Palmer Penstemon is amazing! It actually have a hairy stamen that looks like a tongue!
#photobyraykenny #appreciatepubliclands #MacroMonday #naturephotography #nature #parkchat #GrandCanyon
#photobyraykenny #appreciatepubliclands #MacroMonday #naturephotography #nature #parkchat #GrandCanyon
March 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Any Penstemaniacs? Seriously, there is an American Penstemon Society that focuses only on penstemons. This Palmer Penstemon is amazing! It actually have a hairy stamen that looks like a tongue!
#photobyraykenny #appreciatepubliclands #MacroMonday #naturephotography #nature #parkchat #GrandCanyon
#photobyraykenny #appreciatepubliclands #MacroMonday #naturephotography #nature #parkchat #GrandCanyon
Good morning Blueskyers! You can always find sunshine if you look for it.
#Stunday #photobyraykenny #GrandCanyon #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #parkchat #landscapephotography
#Stunday #photobyraykenny #GrandCanyon #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #parkchat #landscapephotography
March 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Good morning Blueskyers! You can always find sunshine if you look for it.
#Stunday #photobyraykenny #GrandCanyon #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #parkchat #landscapephotography
#Stunday #photobyraykenny #GrandCanyon #NationalParks #AppreciatePublicLands #parkchat #landscapephotography