The photographers on the cliff for the morning light. Cal is in the light shirt and brown pants.
While we were driving off Hunt's Mesa our suburban became stuck in the sand. We could not get over a hill. After
several tries we were asked to get out of the truck, so I grabbed my camera and took a picture of the sand dunes
we are trying to conquer.
They were able to get the suburban up the hill - but we all had to walk to catch up.
We drove to Mystery Valley for lunch. Our location was just below Half Dome Arch.
While we were here LeRoy showed us how he uses an antique billows camera with a new lens and a medium
format back. When you look through the view finder you see the image upside down and reversed - how he creates
the beautiful images he does is beyond me - but his photographs are beautiful.
Sunset at the Monument Valley overlook near the entrance.
This is the Castle Butte formation.
The summit of West Mitten Butte (on left) is 6,176 feet and East Mitten Butte is 6,226 feet in elevation.
The buttes are made of four rock layers. The lowest layer is Organ Rock Shale, the middle is de Chelly
Sandstone, and the top layer is the Moenkopi Formation capped by Shinarump Conglomerate.
It was a beautiful sunset on the West Butte. Amazing nature can create a rock so beautiful.