Saturday, May 14, 2011

Bryce Canyon

(Click on photos to enlarge.)

Bryce Canyon is positively beautiful!

HOODOOS (no clue how they got that name!)

Hoodoos are tall skinny spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of arid basins and broken lands. Hoodoos are most commonly found in the High Plateaus region of the Colorado Plateau and in the Badlands regions of the Northern Great Plains. While hoodoos are scattered throughout these areas, nowhere in the world are they as abundant as in the northern section of Bryce Canyon National Park.






NATURAL BRIDGE
(This area is at a higher elevation than the previously
pictured hoodoos, that's why there is snow)


Pronghorns


More Bristlecone Pines


And, it started to snow!

This area is the highest elevation in Bryce Canyon;
it was still covered in snow