Stereo 3D Images of the Colorado Plateau
-from a 12 day road trip through Utah & Arizona in December 2007-
By clicking on a thumbnail image below, you will launch a java applet in a new window to browse the images. Give it time to fully load before proceeding. Several different stereo formats, such as crossview and parallel view , can be choosen from the menu above. The default is set to anaglyph, requiring red/cyan 3D glasses. You can also advance and reverse through the images by pressing the "page down" and "page up" buttons on your keyboard.
If you'd like a pair of free 3D glasses, let me know.
Please sign my guestbook and let me know your comments about this gallery.
Cheers,
Simon
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Canyonlands NP, Green River Overlook: canyons and mesas seemingly without end |
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| Flying over Lake Powell, formed by the damming of the Colorado River. Note the terraced layers of the Colorado plateau, a common feature throughout the region |
Arches NP: outstanding examples of what wind, water and a few million years can do to the layers of stone |
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| Pine Tree Arch: at over 6000 ft., Arches NP can be very cold in winter |
A yukka plant: somehow these hardy plants can survive the searing heat of summer and the biting cold of winter |
Wall Arch: there are over 2000 arches in the park with more still to be discovered |
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| Landscape Arch: an improbable sliver of sandstone stretching over 306 ft., really makes one wonder about Nature's creative whimsey |
A juniper bush, dried and twisted in its contorted death, with Sand Arch in the distance |
This hard land of rock and sand will spring to life with the first rains of spring |
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| A sunset view of the cliffs, fins and buttes of Arches NP |
Monument Valley Tribal Park on the Navajo Reservation is the classic western landscape made famous in John Wayne movies |
Great pillars of stone are scattered throughout Monument Valley |
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| In the badlands of the Paria Wilderness stand a group of hoodoos known as The Rimrocks |
Some large, some small, the hoodoos are formed by boulders of harder rock slowing the erosion of softer rock below |
Another view of a hoodoo known as The Toadstool |
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| Zion NP, with its soaring cliffs and narrow valleys, is so popular that cars are banned from May to October |
At the end of Zion Canyon stands a pinnacle of rock known as The Pulpit |
The Zion Plateau, an open landscape of eroded sandstones, is a great place to explore on foot |
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| Grosvenor Arch on Cottonwood Canyon Road, deep in the heart of the vast Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument |
A view of Calf Creek, on the way to Boulder Utah, the last place in the U.S. to receive mail by mule train |
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| A hyper-stereo view of the entrance to Long Canyon |
Looking down on the Burr Trail as it winds into Long Canyon |
A sunlight alcove in Long Canyon |
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| The Devil's Garden off Hole-in-the-Rock Road in Grand Staircase-Escalante NM |
Devil's Garden is a small area filled with unusual rock formations |
Metate Arch in the Devil's Garden |
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| Sunrise at Bryce Canyon NP, probably the most spectacular hoodoo formation in the world |
A closer view of the spires of Bryce Canyon |
THe rocks of Red Canyon near Bryce NP |
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| Valley of Fire State Park, a great place to visit, only one hour from Las Vegas |
Elephant Arch in Valley of Fire State Park |
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 Thanks to Andreas Petersik
for his great stereoscope applet!
Created by Simon Bell |
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