The Bird Goddess. This is an image of a totally natural feature. Can you figure out what the subject is? You can ask me for the answer (wagon [at] macalester [dot] edu). This photo, used with permission, was taken by Ricki Brown of Escalante, Utah, in the Golden Cathedral and is a remarkable combination of light, water, rock, and humanity. An amazing formation in Edmaier’s Secret, near Buckskin Gulch.The Alien Throne, in the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness south of Farmington, New Mexico.Fallen Roof Ruin, west of Blanding, Utah (17-frame panorama).Gingham Skirt Butte, near the Paria townsite.The most amazing thin lace rock.Hope Arch, near Chinle, Arizona; Moenave sandstone.The Hourglass, with Navajo Mountain behind.The inaccessible Faraway Arch viewed from Redbud Spine, southeast of Rainbow Bridge.Windstone Arch, in Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park. It was destroyed, likely by vandals, in 2021.Tower of Silence, near Big Water, Utah..The Wave (7-frame panorama).Cobblestone Bridge in Arches National Park.Twisted Hoodoo.Mystery Arch, San Rafael Swell.White Pocket.White Pocket: The Swan.Halfway up the Bobway, near the Escalante River.The Gran Meeander: a giant alcove in Mee Canyon, west of Grand Junction,. Colorado.Red Bar Bridge (near the bottom of the Moki Dugway).Hoodoos near Kanab, Utah. I believe the spectacular one on the right has collapsed.Crown Arch, southwest of Grand Junction.Honeycomb Roof Ruin, east of Blanding, Utah.The many forks of Fold Canyon, the most complex of the Lower East Side canyons of the Escalante River.Collet Top Arch and Granary, east of Escalante.The view north from the summit of Red Top. The valley between this summit and Yellow Rock (rear center) is fantastic.Bull Valley Gorge.
