Grand Junction, CO |
Check out that sky! |
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Climbing out of Grand Junction towards Canyonlands. |
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Moab, Utah |
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Moab on the right, with a lot of offroading areas to the left |
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Some evaporation ponds... |
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Entering Canyonlands. This was some beautiful flying. |
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I like how you can see the earth literally being eaten away by water in this picture. |
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We kept flying through light rain, which is why this pic is so washed out. |
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The rain made the rocks a bit shinier and more reflective. |
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Hite, a private runway at the northeastern end of Lake Powell. |
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There is some pretty cool erosion patterns on some of the tributaries into Lake Powell. |
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Houseboats |
Navajo Mountain in the distance |
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It just keeps going and going. |
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A spire to the northeast of Page, Az. |
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A thunderstorm near Bryce Canyon |
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The back side of Brycan Canyon. It's just as pretty as the National Park part. |
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We got our timing pretty good with the late-day sun. |
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Approaching Cedar City, Utah. |
Sunset after landing. |
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Crossing the Nevada desert. |
The Tonopah test range. |
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Appraching the White mountains just east of the Sierras near Yosemite. |
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Mammoth ski resort and the Sierras. |
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We were going high "just because" and it was totally worth it. A hundred miles of the sierras coiuld be taken in out the window. |
Closer in of Mammoth. |
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Almost made it to 17,500, our goal. Only 1-200 FPM climb rate now. |
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Mount Ritter and Mount Lyell - the sharp peaks just right of center. Yosemite Valley is near the right of this picture in the distance. |
Mount Lyell |
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The big green area is Tolumne Meadows. The Yosemite Valley is off to the left. |
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Looking at the back of Half Dome. |
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Half Dome from about 16,000 feet. |
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Nevada Falls |
Yosemite Falls |
And sadly, from there we were back home.
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