Tafoni at Redwash Canyon, where our #hiking group is going tomorrow.

#TextureTuesday #NewMexico #sandstone #geology

Arches carving sky.
Stone, shadow, and silence — the desert knows how to sculpt light better than any studio ever could.
From a new series exploring geometry in the American West.
Print inquiries welcome.
#ArchesNationalPark #UtahPhotography #DoubleArch #SouthwestArt #FineArtLandscape #DesertLight #Sandstone #CanyonCountry #NaturalGeometry #BlueAndOrange #WesternArt #FineArtPrints

“Sandstone Cliff Detail” — A section of a sandstone cliff face featuring fracturing, strata, exfoliation, and water markings.

The textures, forms, colors, and patterns found in Utah sandstone walls amaze me. They can be so complex that I sometimes imagine that I see things like writing or images, but patterns formed naturally over the millennia. Here we can see layering at more than one angle, marks left by dripping and flowing water, the effects of exfoliation, and more…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2025/10/27/sandstone-cliff-detail/

#capitolreef #sandstone #southwest #geology #nationalpark #utah #nature #landscapephotography #landscape #photography

Rock abstract Sandstone staining, Nourlangie, Kakadu #RockinTuesday #photography #sandstone #abstract #art #natural #gift #EastCoastKin

“Slot Canyon Detail” — Details of the wall of an Utah slot canyon, illuminated by reflected light.

There is a lot I could write about this photograph, the circumstances of making it, and how it ended up here today. First off, it is an older photograph, made years ago. I periodically revisit my old raw file archives, and I always discover photographs that I left behind. In this case, someone else’s photograph from the Southwest triggered me to review my older work from Utah, much of which is over a decade old. So far, I’ve rediscovered about twenty interesting Utah images from that period. Stay tuned!…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2025/10/04/slot-canyon-wallsslot-canyon-detailslot-canyon-walls/

#southwest #utah #slotcanyon #sandstone #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #photography

#FotoVorschlag: Sandige Angelegenheit // A sandy affair

Aus #Sandstein wird irgendwann #Sand. Vor allem, wenn Menschen tatkräftig mithelfen und es nicht lassen können, sich in dem weichen Stein zu verewigen. Hier ist der #Klusfelsen (bzw. ein kleiner Teil davon) bei Halberstadt im #Harzvorland.
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#Sandstone turns into sand eventually. Especially when humans help along the process, because they just can't not scratch their names and messages into the soft stone. This is part of the Klusfelsen sandstone formation near #Halberstadt, at the foot of the Harz mountains.


#graffiti #vandalism #Vandalismus #Klusberge