One of my favourite photography spots in Nevada has recently become one of the USA’s newest National Monuments: Gold Butte National Monument. It’s not hard to see why. It covers almost 300,000 acres of the Mojave Desert and it’s the only place I have been where you can see rock striped with all the colours of the rainbow and Joshua Trees at the same time. The rock is … [Read more...] about Gold Butte National Monument – Nevada’s Piece of the Grand Canyon
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Abstract Rock Art in the Southwest
The thing I like the most about photographing in the southwest USA is the limitless opportunities not only for the grand scenic landscapes, but all the smaller abstract scenes that are inherent in them. After you've seen places like Zion National Park, or the Valley of Fire, some miscellaneous rock formation in the middle of nowhere, like this one at Whitney Pocket, Nevada, … [Read more...] about Abstract Rock Art in the Southwest
Arch at Whitney Pocket, Nevada
Way out in the desert, at the northeast end of Lake Mead in Nevada, lies one of our favourite new boondocking spots: Whitney Pocket. In amongst the crags we set up our RV and spent a few days wandering this remote and peaceful area. Well, peaceful until the boy scouts showed up with their black powder guns, but you know it's Nevada and you can do stuff like that! It's … [Read more...] about Arch at Whitney Pocket, Nevada