Images from a week-long horse packing trip in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument region, November 2021. All these images were made with my new Pixel 6 Pro, the first real test of its camera. The optical telephoto and its low light performance are fantastic. Almost all of the shots are from horseback, so its image stabilization was much appreciated.
Stretching the horses' legs near the Colorado/Utah border. Six hours on the road, six to go.
Riding on slick rock, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Sunset from camp
Sunset from camp
Sunset from camp
Sunrise from camp (note the setting full Moon)
Collected rainwater, the only source for people and horses
Waterhole above a deep dry wash
Dry wash cut through sandstone
Waterhole
Moonrise
Another sunset from camp
Evening ride, with Venus in the sky
Evening in camp
Deep, sandy wash
Juniper forest in valley below surrounding plateaus
Sandstone formation
Distant plateaus and mesas
Rock Springs erosion
Riding Rock Springs down to the Paria river
Rock Springs side canyon
Rising canyon walls as the creek descends
Rock Springs canyon wall
Near the bottom of Rock Spring canyon
Late afternoon on the Paria River
The Paria River
The Paria River
On the Thunder Mountain trail, near Bryce Canyon
Red Canyon zone of Bryce Canyon
Hoodoos and capstone structures
Sandstone structures
Sandstone structures
Hoodoos along the trail
On the trail in hoodoo country
Arid, but far from dead
Erosion on a grand scale
A rock forest
Another Bryce side canyon
Millions of years of deposition, almost returned to sand
Across the canyon
Across the canyon
Across the canyon
Sandstone structures above the distant valley
Upper Bryce side canyon
Trail sentinels
A distant mesa
