“Before there were any Indians, the Legend People, To-when-an-ung-wa, lived in that place.”
Paiute Indians lived in this area long before the arrival of European Americans. A sacred oral tradition of the Paiutes states that the hoodoos are ancient “Legend People” turned into stone by Coyote as a punishment for bad deeds.
Here are photos we liked from today’s visit to Bryce Canyon.
In addition to the stunning formations of Bryce Canyon, this shot shows what looks like a very flat mesa in the upper left.The formations surround firs and spruce in this area.A series of formations is layered here.Nature formed a city with oddly-shaped structures.Navajo Mountain near Page, Arizona is on the horizon to the right.Colors of the formations include white, yellow, orange, and red. In the lower center of this picture, a few walls hint at the formations that once were here.Tree branches help frame the vastness of the area.Trees in the foreground and on the ridge beyond contrast with the red rock.The sun seems to intensify the colors of this view.Formations seem to form an amphitheater.Lighter-colored formations seem to be marching into the valley.These are some of the whitest formations we saw.This view shows a variety of color in the foreground and a series of cliffs in the distance.Some formations are shaped like walls as in the center. The formation on the left resembles a building.A red formation between white ones draws one’s eye to the valley.We liked how the color of these eerie formations intensifies toward the ground.White spires and red wallsThese formations contain much less red than those in other areas.The white spires of these formations remind us of bones.This elegant spire caught our eye.Sunshine highlights the red, white, and green.One of Bryce’s hiking trails winds up the hill behind these formations.This footbridge is nowhere we’d like to go.The temperature drops below freezing over 200 nights of the year in Bryce, and snow was visible in some of the higher elevations.We took many pictures of this formation.These points have survived on the side of the canyon.A window in the rockDid someone drip wet sand onto this formation?Hoodoos like this one, called Thor’s Hammer, illustrate varying degrees of erosion.The surface roots indicate how hard the ground is as well as the processes of erosion.Erosion caused this tree to look as if it’s walking.Uinta chipmunkThis raven seemed to enjoy posing.
I went to Bryce with Brittany when we went to visit Chris in Loa. I forgot how beautiful it is. Are some of these photos from Jon/s drone? I love the photo of the chipmunk.
We are IN Loa this week! I didn’t remember your connection to the town, but thought it would be nicely located for seeing Capitol Reef and the great scenery in other directions as well.
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Brett · May 5, 2021 at 11:13 pm
Those are some fabulous shots
Susan · May 8, 2021 at 12:43 pm
I went to Bryce with Brittany when we went to visit Chris in Loa. I forgot how beautiful it is. Are some of these photos from Jon/s drone? I love the photo of the chipmunk.
Jane Appel · May 9, 2021 at 1:03 pm
We are IN Loa this week! I didn’t remember your connection to the town, but thought it would be nicely located for seeing Capitol Reef and the great scenery in other directions as well.