Bryce: Hoodoo City by auntietk
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Bryce is famous for its hoodoo formations, and I figured I should post at least one of that sort of thing! So here's my obligatory hoodoo shot. I liked this one because it looked sort of like an old city with castles and towers and whatnot.
Bryce is basically a mesa, or plateau, that is eroding away at the edges. The hoodoos are shorter the farther away from the edge of the plateau they are because they've been eroding longer. Eventually the entire plateau will be gone.
Check out the Wiki on Bryce HERE if you're interested in learning more.
There's a lot of detail here ... zoom is good.
Comments (31)
Faemike55
the cool thing about these is that by the time they are gone, we will be VERY long gone. But for the moment, we will enjoy the beauty that is before us.
wysiwig
That was my first thought, urban development. Condominiums for the birds and lizards. A spectacular capture.
bebopdlx
It is such an amazing place. Excellent work.
Celart
Great capture and shot. Well done
mtdana
It really does look like something man made and weathered!
Wolfenshire
This is amazing, really. Next time you do a trip you have to take me!! Are we there yet?
whaleman
Wow! At first I thought multiple images...
kgb224
Superb capture Tara. God bless.
jayfar
Excellent shot Tara, I remember this place well.
prutzworks
so impressive
alanwilliams
full of peaks and troughs, wonderful place
durleybeachbum
Extraordinary. I can never grasp the scale without a reference person or tree!
Hubert
An amazing place! Great shot, thanks for sharing!
Juliette.Gribnau
beautiful
faroutsider
Hoodoosity on Rosity. Love it! Are you having fun, or what?
pimanjc
This is an outstanding, beautiful, rugged, formation. Nature creates her own art.
MrsRatbag
Stunning view, and you did the obligatory shot justice! Love this capture!
rockstrider
Wonderful view-point and capture Tara!
tizjezzme
Exactly! It does look like an old city in ruins. Great find and capture Tara. wonderful shot.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Excellent, I wonder how many people will think this was done in Bryce LOL!
brycek
Beautiful capture!!
Meisiekind
Bryce is also on my bucket list.... As you have gathered by now, I need two lifetimes to get to everything and a small country's finances to pay for it all! Love your image Hun - it does look like an ancient city!
nikolais
very lovely tones and textures!
helanker
An astonishing beauty in one of mother natures masterpieces. Wonderful shot Tara !!!
bmac62
Superb. I'd like to walk around the bottom and take advantage of that unique perspective...now when they get an elevator to the bottom and back up...we'll go back for those shots:)
RodS
Hoodoo that voodoo that you do so well... Now come on – you knew someone was going to say that! And of course it had to be me! LOL A really beautiful shot, Tara!
blondeblurr
It seems like looking at a lot of little figurines from a chess set, in the process of carving and to be completed ready for sale ... LOL But on a serious note, the colouring of these 'rocks' is very similar to our Ayers Rock (in the Aboriginal language 'Uluru') and the Olga's in Central Australia, but nothing quite as spectacular as this vision ... it blows my mind! ;)) BB
Chipka
I think you've just upped the ante with this shot. I mean, I have yet to do my obligatory hoodoo shot, but then I'm in the midwest and those sorts of things just don't hang out here. I suspect Chicago would be a lot different if they did. What I find ironic about this is the fact that it's quite an inspiring photo. I saw it days ago, thought to comment on it, and found myself scribbling notes for a story instead. Dragons, you see, prefer environments like this, but they aren't your average dragon cliches, either; there are very species-specific reasons for that, there's even a word for it. Imagine that! Anyway, after scribbling the rough impressions of what may (or may not) become a story, I've returned to the photo that acted (and acts, even now) as a muse! WOW! What an amazing shot! I love the colors and the idea that this is transient art of a sort. The kind that only Nature can produce. Excellent shot. And if this is an "obligatory" hoodoo shot, you've nailed hoodoo photography perfectly. WOW!
FredNunes
Love this!
Blush
Qh awesome looking great pic love this Hugs Susan