December 2015 - Southeastern Utah
These pictures come from two trips through Southeastern Utah. The first was in the end of November, we drove through the Valley of the Gods and over to Goosenecks State Park. The second was a few weeks later, on Christmas day we drove past Valley of the Gods and through Monument Valley. We've driven through Monument Valley many times in December, and every time I've hopeed that there would be snow - I've just wanted to see what the monuments look like with a layer of snow. Well, Christmas 2015 I finally got to see it!
These pictures come from two trips through Southeastern Utah. The first was in the end of November, we drove through the Valley of the Gods and over to Goosenecks State Park. The second was a few weeks later, on Christmas day we drove past Valley of the Gods and through Monument Valley. We've driven through Monument Valley many times in December, and every time I've hopeed that there would be snow - I've just wanted to see what the monuments look like with a layer of snow. Well, Christmas 2015 I finally got to see it!
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| The road into the Valley of the Gods | A very science fiction-y landscape | Moon over the valley |
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| Driving further into the valley | ||
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| The road through the park | Strange silhouettes in the distance | |
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| The rocks on the floor of the wash look like an ancient road, could have been the Appian Way | Cliffs along the edge of the valley | Weird rock formations on a slanted plateau |
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| The valley from the road up top | ||
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| The windy road up to the top of the mesa | Muley Point, overlooking the the canyon through which the San Juan river flows | |
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| Monument Valley, from Muley Point | At Muley Point | |
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| The San Juan river winding through the Goosenecks | At Goosenecks State Park | |
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| The second of the two loops | ||
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| The moon rises as the sun sets | Snow in the Valley of the Gods | |
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| A snowy Monument Valley | Entering Monument Valley | |
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