Alien Talking Heads.
Sedna’s Queens. Obviously we are not in Sedna, but we may as well be. I also made up these names.
The surface of Sedna. Sedna is thought to be the most distant dwarf planet in our solar system and was discovered in 2003.
The enthroned Queen. We are in Arches National Park in Utah which looks like a cross between Petra, Egypt, and some alien world.
The Four Pharoahs.
Valley of the Kings.
Tower of Babel.
Munch’s Balancing Brain.
Climbing Devils Thumb. (Click to enlarge the photo and you can see the technical climber about thrity feet from the summit.)
Anteojos. (Glasses in Spanish)
Six-shooter.
Cheers to you from Arches National Park in Utah~
We are traveling between Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, and Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, so internet is spotty, but I will touch base with you when I can.
Stunning photos Cindy and love the blue blue sky! Here it is so smoggy and hazy 🙁
Smoggy and hazy is no fun at all for us photo-nerds. You have my empathy. Tomorrow it is supposed to rain, so we are going to go look for petroglyphs.
Had to look that up! Have fun – look forward to joining in from afar 😀
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Wow, what amazing formations. As usual your photos are fabulous! 🙂 <3
Thank you Natalie. Our world is pretty confoundingly complex and beautiful.
Tis so true Cindy‼️❌⭕️
It does have an Egyptian look about it. Amazing rock formations and a crazy person climbing! 😉
I think he was learning, which would be a challenge because all his teachers were on the ground!
Smart teachers!
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The trouble with rock climbing is, once you get to the top, you realise you’ve got to get down again.
What a stunning place to see.
At least in this situation, he could probably rappel straight down, but in other more difficult climbs, the descent could seemingly be worse than the ascent, in both cases, gravity is not your friend. But what do I know? I have never done a technical climb.
My advice, don’t even think of doing it, technical or non-technical!
Today I got close to a non-technical but challenging cliimb. It was steep and had cables bored into the mountain to hold on to and foot holds carved in the rock. There were even ladders going up the faces. This would be my limit in climbing!
Great pictures! We are planning on going to Utah next year 🙂
It has the most beautiful concentration of National Parks. We had never been to Arches or Canyonlands. This was our loss.
These rock formations have always amazed me – great share.
Ahh, thanks & hugs to you Antionettte!
Really a different place this time Cindy and everything looks so red, but fun to see, thank you for sharing your great photos 🙂
It’s called Red Rock Country, and as soon as you enter it, you know! I was struck by the green soil though in Arches. I am guessing maybe biological decompostion of rocks coupled with copper sulfate oxidation, but I haven’t had time to look it up yet. I haven’t figured out the black layer on much of the rock faces yet. I’m assuming leaking fossil fuel, but am most likely wrong. I am used to Red Rock Country. I have been going there since I was really young, but Arches is different, and I have never been here before, and there is a lot of geology here I don’t understand which is wonderful, because it means I have more to learn~
I do also love to learn 🙂
It affirms we still need to live! <3
truly stunning, so amazing those formations, on my bucket list already, I just had friends visit there recently
Why I have been to so many of Utah’s National Parks repeatedly, and never Arches or Canyonlands, makes no sense. These places are quite unique on the planet.
they certainly are unique and spectacular
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Yes! VERY other worldie!
And, just here, next door, in otherworldly Utah!
I know of both of those things in Bryce, but I had no idea about Zimbabwe. I quickly googled some photos, amazing! Thank you for showing me.
You know interesting stuff. Stick with that. I always want to learn. It is the best reason to keep living.
I was just thinking that actually, Like a family portrait hah 🙂
Yes! Alien families, just like ours! <3
haha! 😀
Wow, Cindy, these pictures are awesome! I love your comparisons to an alien planet LOL. I apparently visited Utah but I was only 5 years old so I don’t remember much. I certainly won’t be doing any climbing like that with my arms and legs but it is fascinating to see. I would like to visit again one of these days.
You are awesome Lydia and I know it! <3
The place itself is always better than the photos, in much the same way that books are always better than the movies made about them.
Yes, it is true that nothing beats the real thing. But with my wonky body sometimes I only get to see the pictures! And you made me blush BTW.
I am happy you are traveling with me virutally Lydia & cheers to you!
WOWZA!!! u just blew me away with these pics, Cindy…such beauty, color and amazing composition…the spirituality emanating from these sculptures by mom nature is stunning–i had to catch my breath😳😃🤗
ALL I can say is YES! Thank you for knowing. Mother Nature in unfathomable in her brilliant creation.
Wow! Fantastic photos of Arches, Cindy. I really enjoyed seeing this in lieu of being there myself, and wish you lots of fun~~
I just wish we were going together tomorrow on the hike to the Petroglyphs even though it may rain. <3
♥ have fun!
these sculptures truly speak to u…it’s amazingly awesome…
It is. I am left perplexed by them.
Some of them look like priests and holy people in the process of worship…I just get this sense of reverence from them
Thank you for being my friend. You sense reverance.
I’ve looked at lots of pics of rocks like these but never have a felt such a strong reverential connection…it’s a most beautiful and healing vibration…thank u Cindy for being my friend too..I know u sense reverence and spiritual energy too..we r both blessed to be given the awareness & sensitivity to appreciate it.😍❤️🙏🏼
Yes I do have this spiritual awareness that adds so much beauty and reverance to life. I am happy you have this too and glad you shared it with me. It is important to find people who understand. <3
Yes..I really have no friends who share in this heightened awareness…but I continue to express my perceptions with them, whether they’re “on board” or not-I believe speaking UR truth is essential to actualizing it…
Good for you. To think own self be true~
I’m very happy I have u to share it with..yesterday I was out hiking and encountered some turkey vultures..we just sat and watched each other, then one flew up into the sky and I mimicked his flying pattern and we wound up circling around each other for about 15 mins..it was a form of connecting and communicating-I’m sure the other Homer’s thought I was nuts but I’m not bothered by that anymore..
“Hikers” not “Homer’s”😳🙄
Wild animals definitely interact with humans. You just need patience and respect to experience this~
And u have to send very positive energy..I “fly” with my crows too..they will go in circles till I’m tired and dizzy 😵 😸but it’s so spiritually uplifting it’s well worth it😁
And it’s wonderful to feel connected with other living spirits…it’s communicating with goddess too
these formations are iron rich banded sandstones that have been eroded by the wind.(alluvial) The wind basically sand blasts them.Sandstone is a sedimentary rock & as a result is naturally soft. The bedding looks like it’s pretty much stayed in the same position & has had very little uplift. Water can do the same thing,but I don’t think this area gets much rain?
I’d love to shoot these right near sunset when the colours would be even richer!
Great find & shots Cindy!
Yes, you are right. it would have been so much better to shoot them in optimal light, but since the clouds moved in, this was the best I could do. I think they are pretty amazing in even poor light. And you are right about erosion in the South West Us, it shapes all sorts of masterpieces, like The Grand Canyon.
sorry Cindy,I didn’t mean to sound like you had not photographed them in good light.I only shoot during the sunset for that golden light. You take excellent shots!
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Hoodoo you know? Great series.
Laughing, and hope your blood cells are growing a victorious army my friend~ <3
I’m going great!
Yay!
stunning pictures Cindy
Honored & thank you Hillechien!
Extraordinary shapes/landscape. A touch of Easter Island in there too. 😉
It is hard sometimes to believe some of these pieces weren’t constructed and placed as in Easter Island!
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Cindy Knoke comes to us from Arches National Park in Utah, sharing her exquisite photography. Southern Utah is red rock country, and the red earth always calls me home… ❤
Thank you so much Tina. You well know how gorgeous this country is and it is especially appealing in November when the crowds are non-existant and the weather cool. Hugs to you my friend~ <3
Sure does look extraterrestrial to me! This place has so much character! The landscape diversity on our planet is amazing isn’t it? These rock formations along with Painted Rock in Utah have been on my list of things to see, so thanks for this great reminder Cindy!
I have never heard of Painted Rock. I will google it to wee where/what it is. We are going to look for Petroglyphs today near Canyonlands National Park. Cheers to you Lynn~ <3
Gosh, Cindy, all this wonderful and exotic places and spaces you visit! 🙂 We love your take on this one. Sedna, discovered by Cindy Knoke. America has got so much beauty and amazing views to offer.
“Benedicto: May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where deer walk across the white sand beaches, where storms come and go as lightning clangs upon the high crags, where something strange and more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you — beyond that next turning of the canyon walls.”
Author: Edward Abbey
That quote is profoundly beautiful as are you my friend! May hugs, love, laughter and wonder be with you on your travels my friend~ <3
Great natur, great photos !
Very happy you enjoyed and thank you~
I love these rock formations and your pictures are fascinating! I
Merci beaucoup mon ami!
Wow. Now there is a certain addition to the bucket list.
I have never been to any of the three places we are going on this trip and now I can’t imagine why! You will be amazed~
Stunning colors.
They have all the red spectrum colors which I expected, but they also have green which surprises me!
Fabulous photos! 🙂 It’s been a few years since I saw Arches – it is amazing. 🙂
It truly is and I have never seen it before~
Thanks for an excellent view into another world. 🙂
Amazing what lies around the corner, wonder upon wonder! Cheers to you Graham~
Great pictures. I visited Arches in 1995 so thanks for the memory nudge!
You were wise too. I have no explanation for why it took me so long, but am glad I finally am here~
Breathtaking, Cindy. I love it!
xoxo <3
Merci beaucoup mon ami! <3
Welcome 🙂
Your photos are remarkable,Cindy. 🙂
Ahh, I am honored. Thank you Ranu~ <3
Beeindruckende und wunderbare Aufnahmen Cindy. Chapeau !!!
Herzlichen Dank fürs zeigen. Ernst
Vielen danke mein llieber Freund Ernst und Frohe Wochenede! <3
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This rocks are crazy.. but I would love to see them for real!
They are crazy gorgeous and hard to believe at times. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and I hope you do visit soon! <3
I find them quite spooky 🙂 x
I can see why you do. They are eerie looking~
Stunning photos… The wild side of America. Enjoy your travel!
Thank God there is still a lot of wild left in America & thank you!
I very much like that first photograph. And the title for the post is a real goodie. 🙂
Thank you so much Duncan! The first one looked to me like the stone people in Pompeii, but these creatures are huge and look like aliens. The whole places sets your imagination flying. Hope you are well my friend & cheers to you~
The rock formation are amazing. They spark your imagination just like looking at the cloud but they are on the ground. Great captures of the place and these amazing formation. Love “The Four Pharoahs”.
Aren’t the pharoahs incredibe. And I know just what you mean about the formations, some of them look almost purposely constructed rather than nature made, and I think this is what gets one imagination going. So happy you know just what I mean~
Oh my word, how beautiful. I’d be so awestruck to see these in person. I like your descriptions of them.
I am so glad you do & thank you too! Hugs to you my friend~ <3
Such a stunning and unusual place, Cindy. I shall have to visit Sedna myself one day… 😉
Oh I hope you do and post about it too. I imagine the formations have different effects in different seasons.
Someone who runs those pictures flash fiction should borrow one of these pictures of yours. The area is beautiful in color and uniqueness. I see an alien planet with stone people. I would love to see the series people come up with. And interesting place.
I see your alien world with stone inhabitants too and they are tall, regal, thin and wear flowing robes. They are all over Arches and they are stunning to look at!
I could imagine.
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Lindo!!! A minha imaginação foi para gigantes pedrificados.kkkk
Sim! Eu vejo seus gigantes petrificados também e eles são lindos e parece inteligente! <3
Isn’t it amazing the imagery that comes from stone formations? Like a consciousness unseen is at work trying to tell us things….a story. Lovely photos as always Cindy! Love to you!
Oh this statement sums this up so perfectly, “a consciousness unseen is at work trying to tell us things…” Things is just what it seems like. Today we are going to see petroglyphs and this is exactly what will be occuring!
This photos are remarkable! Lots of hiking to get to see these spectacular scenes.
Yes, and more everyday. There are dino footprints too!!
The four Pharaohs farthest to the right looks just like a carving of an eagle. Amazing.
I see what you mean. They are like giant Rorschrach sculptures!
So cool! I love the different hues of colors
There are more colors here than in Zion or Bryce because there is this very distinct green!
Another adventure and a great group of clear and colorful photos. You can almost imagine how our earth erupted with plumes of lava billions of years ago. Likewise you can picture the wind and waters carving these beautiful images for the next few millions of years. Thanks for sharing Cindy.
Yes one can imagine this! But how did massive unattached boulders get placed precariously to balance upon massive spires looking just like an alien head!!!!! Laughing…..It is a place for the imagination to fly! Cheers to you Wally & hope you are well~
Amazing shots! They really do look like Aliens. Their size is very impressive when you see the tiny humans beside them.
J.J.
I had to include some people so the scale of these sculptures could be seen. They are massive!
Truly magnificent.
Yes, they are just this! <3
Very cool. The last time I was down there they only had Bryce’s and Zion’s National Parks. I think these two are newer.
There are also Capitol Reef and Canyonlands and Arches. At the end of this trip I will have seen all of them finally, but there are also most worthwhile national monuments too. Utah is amazing country!
It really is. Northern Utah is probably a wonderful display of Autumn color right now.
The fall colors are gorgeous and the sun came out today!!
Wonderfully surreal alien landscape, Cindy.
Thank you and I agree with you!
Beautiful and amazing. Happy travels!
Thanks Eliza. Looking forward to your winter photos soon!
Thanks – it’ll be here before I know it!
And the poor Holler is still desperate for rain!
It seems to be only raining in the north so far. Hope you get some soon. We’re still behind, but we’re hanging on. Nothing like you folks.
Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Bryce, Zion… legends in rock Cindy. More, more, more! –Curt
Yes! I hear you! The petroglyphs are calling! <3
Did you make it to the Sego Canyon Petroglyphs just north of Arches and I-70, Cindy? Some of the most other-worldly petroglyphs/pictoglyphs I have seen. If ever there was an argument for alien visitors… 🙂 Curt
Awe-inspiring, Cindy.
They are just that. They seem impossible, but there they are!
Love! So beautiful. 🙂
We live in an amazing world! <3
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What an incredible landscape captured by Cindy Knoke’s camera this week.. It could almost be an alien planet.. except for the well worn steps leading up to one hugs structure.. stunning as always.
Hugs to you Sally and aliens probably wouldn’t use steps would they????????? Teleporters or thought transfter or something far more sophisticated. Laughing……..
A gift for us lesser mortals to reach the top perhaps! hugs
“Alien Talking Heads.” Finally, rock solid proof of aliens! Beautiful pictures, Cindy.
Beautiful Cindy!
Mille grazie!
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Gorgeous place and amazing photos!
So very pleased you enjoyed & thank you!
Wow I can see why it’s called Devil’s Thumb – I don’t know if I’d be climbing it! But I think these are amazing photos and I’m so glad you’re sharing them with us <3
I just made up that name because I agree with you! <3
Cindy that is really amazing. They do look like they’ve been created by humans.
Leslie
I still think some of these heads had to be placed there………Laughing!!!!
You really have to wonder how they got there.
Leslie
We went through the Arches too a few years ago with friends. The rocks and formations are amazing and incredible wonders of nature. I love Utah. We also went through Zion Nat’l Park too and that was real pretty.
Zion and Bryce are gorgeous aren’t they. I don’t know why we have never been to Arches, Canyonland or Monument Valley. I am just glad we are correcting this now! Utah is unique and very unusual~
Yes. I love the red rock formations.
Oh, Arches is lovely – perhaps my favorite National Park. That whole series of Parks is beautiful. Have a lovely trip, Cindy. “See” you when you return.
They are stunning aren’t they. So happy they are protected and so glad you have visited them!
Absolut Impresionant!!!
Mulțumesc! Sunt atât de bucuros că sa bucurat de ele!
Splendid shots. Look an amazing place.
Today we did the most intense hike, up cabled you hold to with footholds carved in the rock. There were ladders to climb, but it took you to these amazing arches!
Wow! Wonderful photos and commentary. I’d love to visit.
There is a wonderful place to stay right on The Colorado River. It is beautiful and I am typing this from here now! I hope you do go~
I have put it on my wish list which is becoming very long since I’ve started blogging.
Erosion on the rocks has created magical figures, incredibly beautiful… Your photos are superb, congratulations, Cindy.
I agree. Mother nature never ceases to amaze us does she!
Beautiful place, Cindy! It’s on my bucket list!
Yay! You will be very glad when you go~
Cindy please keep us posted they look so interesting. I hope you dont get lost in there.
So happy you enjoyed and you are right, it would be easy to get lost!
Wow, so many rocks! Sure don’t get views like that in Central Illinois — thanks for showing me some of the West, Cindy!! Enjoy your travels!
Thank you for coming alonog with me Debbie. I love traveling with you~ <3
I was looking at the photos, thinking “Sedna? That looks like Arches.” Ha ha. My brother lives in Moab. I like the names you made up 🙂
Moab is such a fun city with a positive energetic get-out-there-and-do-it vibe. We are staying close by right now on the banks of the Colorado~
queste grandi formazioni rocciose dal colore così intenso incutono un certo timore, sembrano giganti che abitano nella roccia e si pensa possano risvegliarsi da un attimo all’altro
meravigliose visioni
grazie e buona domenica
Sì. Sono d’accordo con te! Sembrano molto feroce e potente~
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Grazie mille!
Those are location worth being off the grid for a while. Enjoy. We will be here when your return.
Oscar
Thank you Oscar. I don’t have much time when I travel and when we enter the Navajo Tribal Park we will have no wifi. Be well my friend~
Well worth the view!
Wow. Amazing rock formations. You’re giving us great ideas for our road trip out West! Thanks and enjoy your travels.
Stopping here would be a very good idea. It is also very relaxing in some mysterious way~
Sounds perfect.
Utah is phenomenal and does indeed look like an alien landscape.
It is, and has some of the most unusual geological landscapes in the world~
One of my favorite places on earth.
I can fully appreciate why!
Gorgeous! I can easily imagine God sculpting these with his own hands while the clay was wet.
Yes, I can well understand your perception, they seem way too amazing to be made by random chance, but then so many things do on this gorgeous planet~
These are spectacular photos, Cindy! I was there a long, long, time ago. The colors are stunning, red rock and blue sky.
Arches is exquisite. We were in Canyonlands today. I don’t know why it took us so long to get here, but I am glad we finally did!
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It feels like Star Trek movies should be filmed here and I bet they were! Hugs & gratitude to you my dear friend and have a wonderful week~
You forgot “Red Rock Canyon” in Nevada bordering the edge of Lake Mead….this stuff is just truly WEIRD. My grandfather (the Alchemist) tried to explain it to me but …..it didn’t “take”. However all of this is so Well Worth Seeing…even if it does bring up more questions than answers. ~~dru~~
I have been to Red Rock Canyon and it is stunning and I saw the wild mules and horses there. I liked something today I read in Canyonlands. It was a descriptor of the formation of this massive crater and it gave four possible choices (hypotheses) for the crater’s formation. I so loved the admission that the best we can do about the formation of so many things are educated guesses. It is better than pretending we know it all which we surely don’t.
Gorgeous photos Cindy! I forgot how fascinating and diverse the rock formations are at Arches. 🙂
When you include the whole region of Arizona and Utah it is mind boggling!
Agreed Cindy!
That is very wonderful! WoW!
Theres more coming. I have been to Bryce & Zion so I thought it would be similar, but Arches is over the top amazing!
Those are extraordinary Cindy! Really amazing.
This is a fascinating part of the world in terms of geology. We were looking at dinosaur footprints en-situ today next to ancient petroglyphs. WOW!
Those colors Cindy!! I’ve never seen such a collection from thee national parks– just gorgeous. thanks again for all the beauty you bring us. xo
Awww, thank you Rhonda. These photos were just Arches. We were in Canyonlands today and will be in Monument Valley in a few days. Each is distinctive in it’s own way although Arches blew me away~
Absolutely exquisite! I first thought these were taken in Sedona, Arizona with its rich,red earth and rock formations looking like rock people. <3
Well good guess, it’s all red rock country and it is quite distinctive. Cheers to you ma’ deah and happy week~ <3
Thanks Cindy. Happy week to you too. Enjoy your glorious travels. <3
so wonderful, like the south in my isle
kisses
I would love to see this!
This called Tsingy de Bemaraha, try for the time to do serch in Google
Have a very nice day Cindy
Kisses
I will do so and thank you for the lead~ <3
welcome
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I’m discovering such interesting places through my computer screen, places I never knew existed, thank you Cindy 🙂
I love discovering these new places with you my virtual traveling friend~ <3
Bonjour BELLE CINDY merci pour ces belles montagnes rocheuses
J’ai vu ton passage sur mon blog
Je me permets de rentrer dans ton univers
Pour te dire merci
Merci de ta fidélité
Merci de tes commentaires
Merci du fond du coeur
Merci pour tout
je te souhaite une très bonne journée
Une excellente semaine à venir avec une petite chute de température
Reste bien au chaud
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Prends bien soin de toi
Gros bisous Bernard
Belle Bernard. Merci beaucoup mon ami et avoir une semaine merveilleuse!
What great photos and what a fantastic place. Thanks for sharing, Cindy!
Thanks much more for your kind appreciation & Happy Monday Olga~
Cindy! You are a wonder! Even NASA wouldn’t be able to take photos of Sedna as good as those!😃
Well it would be hard for the astronauts, their space suits are so bulky, but they do get far better cameras!!!
http://mars.nasa.gov/mro/images/PIA07087-fi.jpg
Your pictures are beautiful
Cindy,
The title reminds me of “Sedna ~ North Star Raven Woman by Pinkie Paranya”
Googled it. Laughing……..
Your images speak volumes for one of my favorite areas of the Southwest. During one of my first visits many, many, many moons ago, I laughed at the signage that said, “scenic view ahead.”To me the entire Southwest takes ones breath and holds it tight–it’s staggeringly inspirational and majestic.
“To me the entire Southwest takes ones breath and holds it tight–it’s staggeringly inspirational and majestic.”
I couldn’t possibly say it any better than you just did. It is a magical place. Hugs to you~
Amazing formation! Great images, Cindy!
Grazie mille Indah! <3
A beautiful state. The Mormons lucked out when they inhabited it. I think the Presbyterians should have gotten it instead. 🙂
Laughing, what about the Espiscopaleans? I guess that didn’t have quite the same need to escape.
Cindy as always you are our guide to some remarkable places. It is easy to imagine writing stories about a civilization living here…
I would love to read the story or poem you wrote Lea. Be well my dear friend~ <3
Always a spectacular sight to see people near the top of some great height. Rather view them ‘up there’ than be there myself. Your fabulous photos reveal this and so much more Cindy. Thanks for this head spinning trip among these beautiful formations.
Awww, thank you so much more for such a thoughtful and perceptive comment my friend~
Cindy, when I first saw the title for your post I thought you’d misspelled Sedona…(but I knew you’d never do that 🙂 ) Magnificent photography, as always, Cuz. NASA would be lucky to have you working their cameras. The first pic made me think of a weird new Mt. Rushmore, or, more contemporary to today, a political conference. Hahaha !!! …………. 🙂
Fantastic report from Sedna!!
Thanks my friend. Just enjoyed your non-political salt marsh post!
Amazing!!! Love it here!!
I love it too and am glad to still be here! We even looked at real estate today~
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Las fotos son espectaculares. Son auténticas esculturas de la Naturaleza, y el colorido es precioso. Gracias, Cindy por compartir estas maravillas. Un abrazo amiga <3
Muchos gracias mi carina amiga y abrazos y besos~ <3
Always amazing
Grazie mille!
Definitely look like three queens. Stunning Cindy > Oh hiya after 2 months away 🙂
Welcome back! I missed you and it’s great to hear from you~
Thanks Cindy. Its taking a bit of time to readjust to normal life, whatever that is in Beijing but nice to be back on WP again
It is very nice to have you back!
The photos are all beautiful and the 1st caption is hilarious.
Ah, thanks, I think I might prefer alien talking heads at this point……..
Fantastic, Cindy. 🙂 — Suzanne
Thank you my friend~ <3
Excellent. Interesting contrast in images and origin of the name. The planet Sedna was named in honour of Sedna, the Inuit goddess of the sea, who is thought to live at the bottom of the frigid Arctic Ocean. 🙂
Oh how wonderful! I had no idea. Thank you for telling me!
Breathtaking!
Your kindness is a light in my life! Thank you~
Excellent photos no matter which planet you were really on at the time that you shot them!
Laughing……how did you know I am often not sure!! 😉 😉
Thank you for the like Cindy. 🙂
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Nature is amazing.
Agreed!
Mother Nature must be a very strong woman to be able to pile those rocks like that!
Some of them seem so impossibly balanced and placed that they defty explanation. How did that get there? How does it stay there? Mother Nature knows. I sure don’t.
Wow, amazing place!
So kind and so appreciated! Thank you~ <3
You re welcome!
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Wow! We’ve been talking about taking a trip to Utah’s national parks – this photo essay has clinched it for me!
Obama has just designated two more areas in Utah as national monuments. It is such spectacular country. I am very glad you are going!
These are interesting stories of the photos. And the photos, it goes without saying that they’re breathtaking.
Ahhh, I missed this comment. So sorry. Lovely of you to say and most appreciated too!
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What a beautiful showing of Arches NP. Recently visited Zion NP, but didn’t make it over to Arches. Now I see we should have.
Zion is one of my favorite parks. It is so beautiful!
Enjoying these pictures again reminded me of what I saw with my first viewing; I am very tiny, and, considering my “stature” relative to the rest of creation, my ego is immense.
This is so true of humans, isn’t it, insignificant in the face of all creation, yet so egotistical. Thank you for your insight.