Bisti Badlands

After an afternoon making our way south from Moab through the vast emptiness of the remainder of Utah, and spending a night in unremarkable Farmington, NM, we visited the Bisti Badlands (aka Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness).  It's several thousand remote acres of crazy geologic formations that change around every corner.  Apparently, it's a bucket-list sort of place for photographers (and there are some incredible images on the web), but, due to it's remoteness, actual visitation is pretty limited (the only number I could find was 2000 visitors per year).  

In an ideal world, we would have camped there to get a full dose of the evening/morning light and the huge night sky, but logistics got in the way, so we settled for an early morning of wandering.  It was still quite the eye-full, and the range of sizes, colors, and shapes was pretty mind-boggling.!


Intrepid Explorer

The "Egg Hatchery"

The "Egg Hatchery"

Petrified Log





The "Manta Ray"

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