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Friday, May 6, 2022 - A full day in White Pocket - and lots of pictures. Up early to catch sunrise meant hiking up the mountain in the dark. Fortunately, the outfitters had coffee ready at 0430.

whitepocket2022 — Unfortunately, the sun stayed behind the clouds, so the sunrise was not very spectacular. We had hiked over to the "Lone Tree" - still pretty in the early morning light.

whitepocket2022 — Red rock flows from large red rock formations. Almost like lava flowing from a volcano, the red rock flows.

whitepocket2022 — I came on a small patch of growth - sort of star shaped and like the rock - several colors.

whitepocket2022 — The "Octopus" can be seen on the left side of this rock garden.

whitepocket2022 — Tube of red and yellow rock

whitepocket2022 — Yellow rock formations

whitepocket2022 — White pillows with a splash of red.

whitepocket2022 — Yellow rock rises up like a wave.

whitepocket2022 — Swirling into a tower of rock.

whitepocket2022 — A small ridge of rock flows to a hill.

whitepocket2022 — Swirling red rock

whitepocket2022 — Rare straight lines along the ridge line.

whitepocket2022 — Wave of rock

whitepocket2022 — Light was hard in the afternoon - like a moonscape.

whitepocket2022 — An odd rock formation sticking up in the red swirls.

whitepocket2022 — A strange sand creature created patterns with their tunnels.

whitepocket2022 — One of the several pillow mountains.

whitepocket2022 — Red rock flowing from a pillow mountain.

whitepocket2022 — Pillows in black and white.

whitepocket2022 — Not sure of the formation which caused these patterns - white rock with small black rocks on the edge.

whitepocket2022 — Red rock tower.

whitepocket2022 — A brain?

whitepocket2022 — A chicken wing rock

whitepocket2022 — A large mountain next to the area we were exploring. We did not climb.

whitepocket2022 — Yellow rock flows under red rock.

whitepocket2022 — Golden rock

whitepocket2022 — Almost like water, the golden rock flows at the bottom of the formation.

whitepocket2022 — Red rock field - pretty easy to move across the rock as messy as it looks.

whitepocket2022 — Pillow rock formations in the blue sky.

whitepocket2022 — Pillow Pile

whitepocket2022 — A small valley between the pillow rock piles.

whitepocket2022 — Like the back of a fish this rock rises up.

whitepocket2022 — Some lichen on the rock with some little rocks.

whitepocket2022 — A sharp white rock - odd with all the white pillow rock piles.

whitepocket2022 — In the afternoon we took a short hike to a cave with petroglyphs and then part of the park we had not yet explored.

whitepocket2022 — A rock like sandstone carved by water and wind.

whitepocket2022 — A very close photograph of a rock which is being revealed in the sandstone. There are hundreds of these marble-like rocks on the ground.

whitepocket2022 — Sandstone fins on the edge of a cliff.

whitepocket2022 — Marbles collecting in the cracks of the pillow rock floor.

whitepocket2022 — A weak line in the wall allowed for a small hole to form in the red rock wall.

whitepocket2022 — One red patch in the puffy white rocks.

whitepocket2022 — A lot redder in the white rock

whitepocket2022 — The mountain behind our camp. This is the view as we hike off the mountain after the afternoon session.

whitepocket2022 — We went out again for sunset session as the red rocks reflected the setting sun.

The area for sunset is all red rock - with swirls. This is looking north, but most of the pictures will be to the south.

whitepocket2022 — Black and white of the scallop area.

whitepocket2022 — Black and white makes for good pictures where there is a lot of contrast - prior to the sun setting, the light was very hard, so black and white is effective.

whitepocket2022 — The scallops are the red rocks in the background - as sunset works it magic.

whitepocket2022 — The shadows from the near mountains begin to creep over the rocks.

whitepocket2022 — The red glow from the rocks in the setting sun.

whitepocket2022 — The scallops up close.

whitepocket2022 — Red rock all over - the scallops are the red rocks at the top of the picture.

whitepocket2022 — The last picture as the sun set.

Back to camp for a second steak dinner and a moon-filled night under the stars. I did not sleep much better - even after a few beers!!!

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