Exploring the Earth and Sky of the West

Zion National Park, Utah

  • Angels Landing View
    View from Angels Landing, Zion National Park, UT
  • Angels Landing, Zion NP
    The final stretch of the trail to Angel’s Landing
  • Virgin River and Angel's Landing
    The Virgin River in Zion Canyon, UT
  • Virgin River
    The Virgin River in Zion National Park
  • Temple of Sinawava Waterfall
    A normally dry waterfall in the Temple of Sinawava roars after a winter downpour, Zion National Park, UT
  • An ornate brown, white, and orange butterfly perched on a leaf
    California Sister (Adelpha californica), Zion National Park, Uta
  • An isolated mesa dotted with trees is perched above cliffs of white sandstone
    An isolated mesa, Zion National Park, Utah
  • A tan lizard with brown and yellow spots and a thick black neck stripe rests on some rocks
    Great Basin Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores), Zion National Park, Utah
  • A small creek flows through a canopy of green cottonwood trees with cliffs of red rock in the background
    La Verkin Creek, Zion National Park
  • A lizard sits on a ledge of orange sandstone with a small arch in the background
    An unidentified lizard hangs out next to a small sandstone arch, Zion National Park, Utah
  • Vast expanses of white and tan rock dotted with small trees and shrubs
    Vast expanses of sandstone slickrock in Zion National Park, Utah
  • A river winds through the bottom of a deep canyon with sheer rock walls
    Zion Canyon from Observation Point
  • A bighorn sheep with short horns peer down from a ledge of rock
    A desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) in Zion National Park, Utah
  • A trail winds through pine trees and vast expanses of white sandstone
    Clouds build over the White Rim Trail, Zion National Park, Utah
  • Stars and planets dot the sky over cliffs and canyons of red rock
    The night sky from the Kolob Canyon area of Zion National Park, Utah. Light pollution from Cedar City is visible on the horizon at left.
  • stars streak across a purple sky, with cliffs of red rock and lots of trees in a canyon below
    Star trails over the La Verkin Creek drainage, Zion National Park, Utah
  • White and red boulders sit in a dry wash with towering orange cliffs above
    A dry wash in the Kolob Canyon section of Zion National Park, Utah
  • Cliffs of white and tan rock are streaked by dark red coloring, and dusted by a light layer of white snow.
    The Altar of Sacrifice after a February storm

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