A Moment in the Sun

Continuing on a walking journey through the "White Pocket" leads one to this location where the evening light has accented the banded, contrasting layers of sandstone and brought out the salmon color in the sand.

The result is a festival of color and more amazing layering that's been twisted, folded and contorted over the geologic ages into the shapes seen here. At virtually every turn and around every corner there is yet another wonder to behold. The “White Pocket” lies just outside the Coyote Buttes Management area on the Utah/Arizona border. 

As the later, afternoon sun broke through the gray-blue, cloudy sky just momentarily, we stood in amazement gazing upon this shimmering scene. 

Photo taken February, 2014.