Desert Archives - Page 3 of 28 - Adam Elliott Photography

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Black Skies Over Black Canyon

A summer storm blows over Black Canyon of the Gunnison

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Bryce Canyon Panorama

I don't like to get up before dawn, but Bryce is one of few places i've been where it's worth it to see the sunrise.

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Smith Rock State Park

A hiker enjoys a stroll in Smith Rock State Park, Oregon.

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Turret Arch

Turret Arch at sunset

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Snow Wedge Under The Throne

Looks like an avalanche was wedged apart on The Great White Throne

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Snow on No-Mans Land

High up in no-man’s land the sun is making quick work of exposed slopes

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Zion’s High Wildlands

My favorite places in the world are in Zion's wild highlands and high wildlands. It reminds me at times of exploring the stone version of a glacier.

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Sunset Arches

Sunlight streams through arches and illuminates pillars of Arches National Park

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The Wing

This is one of my favorite secret places to enjoy in Utah. So far it's in fairly pristine condition, so i can't reveal it's location.

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Island in the Stormy Sky

The island in the Sky District of Canyonlands offers sweeping vistas.

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Cinder Cone and Red Cliffs

One of many small volcanoes that ruined much of the Colorado Plateau as recently as 900 years ago.

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Virgin River Gorge

The Virgin River Gorge is a highly underrated canyon of the American West.

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Permian Desert

Primitive forms and highly faulted, dynamic geology from the Permian Age are building blocks of the Virgin River Gorge.

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Hoodoos To Red Butte

A maze of colorful sandstone hoodoos point the way to Red Butte

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Mormon Mountains from the Beaver Dams

Looking towards the Mormon Mountains from the slopes of the Beaver Dams. Until a fire burned it down a few years ago there was a thick Joshua Tree Forest here on these slopes.

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West Canyon Panorama

A panoramic vista above the Subway. This image prints well.

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Projecting Fault

A verdant desert world

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Red Mountain Twighlight

Red Mountain, which is actually an escarpment rather than a mountain, as viewed from the Beaver Dam Mountains at dusk.

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Tuff Towers

Tuffa Towers at sunset in Mono Lake, California.

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Ivins

Ivins used to be an agricultural community with dirt roads until as late as 2006. This is one of the last remaining fields on a spring morning.

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Zion’s Kolob

The Kolob area of Zion National Park has it's own distinct look compared to the rest of the park.

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West Desert Pyramids

After a storm three distinctive peaks in the Great Basin Desert stick up into the sunlight.

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Mt. Bangs and the Virgin Mountains

As seen from Red Pockets

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Secret Arch

i found this arch in the back of a hidden, little known canyon. I don't see a name for it or any sign of it in the Arch Database, so i might get to name it unless someone tells me what the name is.

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Left Hand of Kolob

Zion's Kolob is known for it's 5 "Finger" Canyons. These finger canyons must be part of the other hand.

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Dragon’s Tail

Mud Patterns in a dwindling stream in Zion resemble the pattern of a large reptile.

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Gateway to Kolob

The rock strata of The Kilob seem to tilt more and more as they get closer to the nearby fault line that separates the Mojave, Colorado Plateau, and Great Basin Deserts.

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