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.
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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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Beautiful photos of Arches National Park in Utah…Cindy is exploring another world!
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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
<3
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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