Deep in to the Vermilion Cliffs and one of the most bizarre and most beautiful landscapes i've ever seen….The White Pocket.
Colours, shapes, structures, lines......you can spend here days for doing photography.....what a location!!!
Going to White Pocket is worth the drive, but to reach White Pocket requires driving 17 miles on a rough one lane cattle road through deep sand. If you attempt the drive, I strongly advise you to have a high clearance four-wheel drive vehicle capable of off-road driving in axle deep sand.
White Pocket is a small area (a pocket) of extreme eroded, swirling and twisted multicolored sandstone formations and slickrock dunes. Unlike the Wave, no permit is required. It’s remoteness and difficulty to reach keeps people away. Nevertheless, remember that it is an extremely fragile environment and the utmost care should be taken to preserve this beautiful place. This is a very remote area, there is no water, no restrooms and no shade.
I camped here overnight, enough time for sunset and sunrise photography. This one is taken at 7:26 in the morning.
Image is part of the
south-west tour.
Enjoy...
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Technical Details;
Camera; Canon EOS 1Ds mkIII
Lens; Canon 14mm f2.8L II USM
Exposure; 1/25 sec
Aperture; f16
Filter; none
ISO; 100 RAW
Tripod; Gitzo 3541L
Ballhead; RRS BH-55 with B2 AS II clamp
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