Grand Staircase-Escalante, part 3

[low_delta]

After the Dry Forks slot canyons, I decided to see if I could make it to another, Zebra Slot Canyon. I didn't make it to the slot, but it was a nice walk in Harris Wash.




I heard a raven, and saw it fly down to the canyon floor and back up to the cliff side, several times.


It was a nest with younguns.




Apparently a fence intended to keep cattle in/out, but not be destroyed by a flood. The top of it was about shoulder height.


I climbed up to look at the solution holes.




Check out these stripes. You can imagine what a slot canyon would look like in this rock. One of my bigger disappointments to have missed it.


I left Harris Wash just in time to make Devil's Garden at sunset.




There were several other photographers there.






I was the only one left after the sun had disappeared.


Interesting how the different layers responded to the elements.

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

It's amazing what erosion does to rocks. That last part looks like a sculpture garden. The colours and stripes don't even look real. Wesaqw a lot of that kind of thing and it all just awed us.
You got some beautiful light in the devil's garden.

[ranunculus.livejournal.com]

I find those rock sculptures absolutely fabulous. Makes me wonder what changed to produce the bright red and very beige layers...

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

I always wonder about that too.