Valley of Fire Clouds

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Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

This was a little over a week ago.  Fresh rain overnight added some extra color and texture to this unique formation in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Funny, I was very excited to have rain while in Nevada – for a long time now I have wanted to see these features wet to see how different they might look.  And I love the smell of rain in the desert.  Since I have been back in Alaska, it has hardly stopped raining – now I’m equally excited for a sunny day here!  🙂

Havasu Falls

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Havasu Falls, Havasupai Indian Reservation, Arizona.

Havasu Falls, Havasupai Indian Reservation, Arizona.

This is the view from the trail – so imagine this, ten miles of a hot, dusty backpack across the desert and then come over a small mesa to see this!  It really is an amazing sight.  The only thing better then seeing this, is dropping your backpack and swimming into those refreshing waters!

This is on the Havasupai Indian Reservation.  Havasupai means “people of the blue green water”.  Pretty accurate description if you ask me.

Valley of Fire Sky!

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Fire Wave, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Fire Wave, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Back home in Alaska!  I love to travel, but I also love to me home.

I thought I had amazing light during my first weekend photo tour in Valley of Fire State Park – that was until the second weekend.  For the second weekend, we had all kinds of cool clouds, light and weather – even rain!  This photo was last Sunday night.  These tours were a lot of fun, if I can find the time, I hope to do them again next year.

Mooney Falls

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Mooney Falls, Havasupai Indian Reservation, Arizona.

Mooney Falls, Havasupai Indian Reservation, Arizona.

I haven’t had a chance to share this image from our backpacking trip – of all the beautiful waterfalls we were camped by, Mooney Falls has to be the most impressive.  For a sense of scale, look for Janine in the upper right corner.

Sacred Datura

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Sacred Datura, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Sacred Datura, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Sacred Datura, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.  There were surprising numbers of wildflowers this fall from Zion to Nevada and Arizona.  Thanks to a wet summer, this is the second year in a row in which there were more far more wildflowers in October then there were in the spring.

Valley of Fire State Park

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A place I call Sherbert Hills, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Sunday morning at a place I call Sherbert Hills, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Last weekends Valley of Fire photo tour  was awesome!  I knew the group would be fun as I have traveled with them all in the past, and we were fortunate enough to have a number of colorful sunrises and sunsets.  I’m excited for next weekends tour as an approaching cold front could mean more great skies!

I don’t have cell or internet coverage in VOF, thus the lack of posting.  We are in Vegas for a couple of days getting some much needed catching up on business along with updating my skyline images.