The Overlooks, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah:  10-12 July 2006

    I had been here thrice before (1987, 2000, 2005), but the latter two visits did not produce any really good shots.  Clouds darkened it all in''05,

 and a laptop crash destroyed all the '00 photos.  This time, however, there was sun aplenty, and I snapped away with alacrity.   [52 photos]

Welcome!!

Some arches in the walls, from Bryce Point.

The Amphitheater, from Bryce Point

The Amphitheater, slightly different angle

Zoomed in on the spires on the north side of the Amphitheater

The Amphitheater and beyond

The Amphitheater, from Bryce Point

Looking southeast from Bryce Point

The white stone of the canyon rim

A green valley of tall evergreens, tucked low among the towers

Looking east, from Inspiration Point

More fins and spires

The peek hole of Peek-A-Boo Trail

The peek hole of Peek-A-Boo Trail

The peek hole of Peek-A-Boo Trail

Sunset Point, looking down between spires

How about now?

Do you see a face in this wall?

Looking down from Inspiration Point

The Amphitheater, from Inspiration Point

Looking southeast, from Inspiration Point

Odd spires just below, from Inspiration Point

The view to the south, from Inspiration Point

The Amphitheater, from Inspiration Point

Tidy rows across the Amphitheater, from Inspiration Point

Spires in the Amphitheater

More fins and spires

Looking acroos the Amphitheater, from Inspiration Point

A maze of 300-foot-tall fins and spires

The whole Amphitheater, as seen from the high perch of Inspiration Point

Another zoom-in look at the bizarre formations

A white streak cuts across the vermillion towers

A green valley between the vermillion formations

The Amphitheater, from Sunset Point

And again from Sunset Point

Zoomed in

An otherworldly landscape

Looking across at the Navajo Trail, which I hikesdon the 12th.

The southern view, from Sunset Point

Spires below, from Sunset Point

The Amphitheater and background butte, from Sunset Point

Tabletop Spires, from Sunset Point

The southern half of the Amphitheater, from Sunset Point

The Arches in the wall, from Sunset Point

A long range vista, from Sunset Point

Natural Bridge

Interesting knob at the Natural Bridge Overlook

Ponderosa Canyon

Ponderosa Canyon

Rainbow Point, the last and southernmost lookout of BCNP.

One last cool feature, on the ride away from Bryce, on UT-12.