an Earth Geocache at Snow Canyon by northy

an Earth Geocache at Snow Canyon

I am not sure if this photo does justice to the incredible vista at Snow Canyon... we only found this particular view because of an earth geocache - and what a worthwhile find it was!

Snow Canyon is just outside St. George Utah, where we stayed for a couple of days before joining the Backroads tour group... we dragged the boys here for some practice hiking, and when they were getting cranky, decided to do some geocaching to keep 'em going... this vista was truly breathtaking...

I've added a couple other shots from our visit to this canyon in my other albums... sorry folks, i will try really really hard not to spam your feeds - but there were just so many glorious sights in canyon country!

http://365project.org/northy/somebody-stop-m/2013-07-06
http://365project.org/northy/just-because/2013-07-06
WOW!!! This is Stunning! Fav
July 15th, 2013  
wow this is a wonderful image just love it
July 15th, 2013  
Fav instantly. What a gorgeous place!
July 15th, 2013  
Glorious
Looks like a scene from an old western, only better
July 15th, 2013  
Breathtaking !!---hope no security here to swoosh u away-:)
July 15th, 2013  
@jodimuli nope - cameras encouraged here :)
July 15th, 2013  
instant fav
July 15th, 2013  
What an incredible shot. I love it.
July 15th, 2013  
Please spam me with as many shots like this as you wish! ;) Is an earth geocache different then a standard geocache?
July 15th, 2013  
AC
STUNNING!
July 15th, 2013  
Beautiful
July 15th, 2013  
@archaeofrog tax Katie :). Turns out an earth geocache isn't a treasure box with a log to sign... It's a place of vista to see... It took me a while to figure that out and the boys were a bit disappointed at first, but it was definitely a hugely worthwhile find... It was absolutely magical in real life!
July 15th, 2013  
Spectacular
July 15th, 2013  
Raye took my word... just beautiful
July 15th, 2013  
Wow, what a stunning vista, quite breathtaking!
July 15th, 2013  
Gorgeous!!! Reminds me of my roadtrip thru Nevada and Eastern California! Hey, I'm gonna be in Canada soon, maybe Ottawa or Toronto or Montreal..? I havent decided yet...
July 15th, 2013  
That looks amazing
July 15th, 2013  
absolutely stunning vista - & love the colours!
July 15th, 2013  
beautiful landscape
July 15th, 2013  
gorgeous colours and shapes
July 15th, 2013  
Stunning landscape
July 15th, 2013  
Wow that place is stunning!
July 15th, 2013  
Awesome shot!!
July 15th, 2013  
Wow. So well captured overwhelming beauty!
July 15th, 2013  
wow
July 15th, 2013  
@northy Awesome. I suspected as much. I've seen some pretty amazing sights because of letterboxing (similar idea, no GPS), so good to know.
July 15th, 2013  
Wow! That looks totally amazing. It's hard to get a sense of the scale until you spot the road winding along the canyon floor.
July 15th, 2013  
Beautiful!
July 15th, 2013  
It's such an amazing landscape. Hope you had a great time. :)
July 15th, 2013  
This has the strange effect on me of looking hand tinted early twentieth century black and white image. Maybe because the subject is timeless having looked this stunning for eons.

Anyhoo, my challenge to you is a self portrait. You tackled Vivian Maier style for street photography but some of my favourite images of hers were the self portraits. Yours does not need to emulate her and neither does it need the whole of your or your face. But it needs to represent you. Enjoy!
July 15th, 2013  
Brilliant textures in the landscape and beautiful light!
July 16th, 2013  
Incredible scene
July 16th, 2013  
Totally HAS to be viewed large! Amazing...love the depth to it. I find the background past the further rocks really add to the depth.
July 16th, 2013  
Really stunning
July 16th, 2013  
Spectacular view with beautiful light.
July 17th, 2013  
AH mazing. Fav!
July 17th, 2013  
Wow - viewed large this is beyond breath-taking and well into heart-stopping - I can't believe the size and scope of this vista - the only real clue to the size is the road - fav for it's sheer beauty!
July 17th, 2013  
@so_lo_webb hey Lois... just so you know - i saw your challenge and i'm working on it... i've done two selfies this week, but didn't much like either of them... i might need to wait for the weekend when i am back home and have a little more flexibility for this :)
July 18th, 2013  
So gorgeous!! Fav! If my SIL ends up teaching in Utah, I may have to go visit them!
July 21st, 2013  
really cool. love your tones. so hard to capture immense scenery, but you done good. real good :)
July 26th, 2013  
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