Grand Canyon

This was taken at some point along the Grand Canyon's South Rim. There's smoke from a wildfire on the North Rim.

Sunset on Bright Angel Trail

I'd gone down the Bright Angel Trail about 600ft vertically, to the boundary between the Coconino Sandstone and the Toroweap Formation, and was coming back up when I took this shot. It is impossible to convey the scale of the Canyon in a photo.

Sunset Crater and Wupatki Ruins

Navajo Reservation Road

There were times when you could look out to the horizon in any direction and see nothing moving. No horses, antelope, cows, or sheep. No birds. No people.

Canyon de Chelly

White House ruins. Hike down from the canyon rim to the floor. Depending on how you measure it, it's 1.5 miles of trail, or 600ft elevation, or 2 hours of hiking, or 900 years of history.

Spider Rock. 800 feet tall. The Navajo say Grandmother Spider lives on the taller spire. I realize this looks like a photo of a model--say, a really good terrain set for a wargame--but I assure you, it's the real thing.

Canyon de Chelly north rim

Anasazi ruins at the cliff base

Painted Desert

The Painted Desert and Petrified Forest, east of Holbrook. This photo was taken with no zoom. That raven did not deign to move until I was within two feet of him.