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Our Trip Route | Stop #1-- Zion National Park | Stop #2 -- Coral Pink Sand Dunes | Stop #3 -- Bryce Canyon | Stop #4 -- Calf Creek, Utah | Stop #5 -- Capitol Reef | Stop #6 -- Arches National Park, Utah | Stop #7 -- Canyonlands (Island in the Sky) | Stop #8 -- Canyonlands-Needles District | Stop #9 -- Monument Valley | Stop #10 -- Lower Antelope Canyon | Stop -- #11a Navajo Gorge Bridge & Vermillion Cliffs | Stop #11 -- Buckskin Gulch, Vermillion Cliffs, Utah | Stop #12 -- The Wave (Vermillion Cliffs Area, Utah)

Stop #12 -- The Wave (Vermillion Cliffs Area, Utah)

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Stop #12

Stop #12: The Wave (Coyote Butte)

 A rare and amazing place that requires a special permit and a 2-1/2 mile hike to get to.

The morphing and changing light gave the rocks a sense of almost being alive.
Early light set the rocks aglow with deep colors,
a polarizer transformed the harsh brilliant noon light into an indigo sky
and the long shadows of late afternoon gave the ridges expression.

Wave-3
Wave-3		 Wave-1
Wave-1		 Wave-8
Wave-8		 Triops
Triops		 Wave-5
Wave-5
2003 Sean at the Wave
2003 Sean at the Wave		 Wave-7
Wave-7		 Wild Colors
Wild Colors		 The Wave at Dawn
The Wave at Dawn		 Mounds
Mounds
Vertical Detail
Vertical Detail		 Triop Pool
Triop Pool		 Wave-4
Wave-4		 Coyote Butte Formations
Coyote Butte Formations		 Wave-23
Wave-23
Wave-25
Wave-25		 Wave-6
Wave-6		 Upper Wave-1
Upper Wave-1		 Pillows and Waves
Pillows and Waves		 Wave-16
Wave-16
Dried Up Pool
Dried Up Pool		 Cone Formation-1
Cone Formation-1		 Detail
Detail		 Wave-13
Wave-13		 Wave-11
Wave-11
Cone Formation-2
Cone Formation-2

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guest 16-Sep-2008 06:50
Give me a chair ,an umbrella, a cool drink and I would sit in the middle of the Wave all day. It is so beautiful. Thanks for the photos.
Lale Berke-Jenkins 09-May-2008 15:47
We were just there. Beautiful pictures!!



Guest 21-Dec-2007 16:02
Thanks for posting these awesome photos!
Tish Jeffers 17-May-2007 16:25
We tried unsuccessfuly for months to get passes to this awesome place. Finally we just went to the ranger station at Paria Canyon and tried our luck at the lottery passes. We scored 5 that day, but 40 people left empty handed. What an awesome day we had hiking in there and seeing this gorgeous place. Your photos are BETTER than our amature ones....You did an amazing job of catching it's true essence.
Guest 04-Feb-2007 03:56
My husband and I would love to take a circuit trip like this one. How long did you spend there and did you camp or find hotels? Thanks for the wonderful , full of wonder photos...God is an awesome creator! Joey
Guest 21-Oct-2006 12:58
fantastik galery
Jan Prinsen 23-Feb-2006 20:25
We were lucky to get a permit last summer for THE WAVE
For us (my wife and myself) it was the highlight of our five week trip to the Southwest of the States.
Made pictures myself but your's are more wonderful than mine.
Hope to go there again sometimes because it's so awesome to see nature as it used to be.
|Thanks for sharing your photo's by internet.
Rob Tobler04-Jan-2006 03:08
After I saw your comment on my gallery I figured I would find pictures of the same location on yours. You have taken some very nice shots of the Wave. I still have to go through mine and find some more to post. You have given me inspiration to get back into my shots that day. You have also shown that I have plenty of other places to go back to. Just another excuse to make another trip out there. Thanks for sharing these awesome shots.
deb 05-Jun-2005 20:24
Your pictures are really beautiful! How did you get your permit?
Marc Demoulin03-Jun-2005 20:22
A paradise for graphism!!
Kind regards.
Marc
Mary 28-May-2005 14:11
I did not know this existed---thank you for your beautiful display. I am a decendant of the family name Vermillion and now more proud of it.
teresa carvalho 26-May-2004 14:50
gostava de viver em sítios assim...
tenho pena que as pessoas se esqueçam que o nosso planeta é lindíssimo...
barbara 25-May-2004 16:15
lindo!! os meus parabens Deus por fazeres obras de arte como estas!
Guest 08-May-2004 12:24
these are great pictures, i always thought utah has beautiful scenery/landscapes. drove through there going to arizona, would love to go back and actually spend some time.
Guest 07-May-2004 00:30
Excellent composition of excellent subject matter.
However, these rocks are more red in real-life, and
your photos seem to show them as being more yellow,
but maybe this is your personal preference.
Ron Horloff05-May-2004 17:48
I see new things every time I visit, almost visual overload. Thanks for the tour.

Ron
Aaron Peterson04-May-2004 05:04
Very nice. I like the variations in light and color that you captured throughout the day.
jaro15-Mar-2004 00:56
WOW. I can't find word to say what I'm feeling when I saw your pictures.
Harry 12-Mar-2004 21:53
Great - fantastic. We were in the wave for four or five times and we did many fotos (www.usa-homepage.de)
Next time I will try to take my own fotos like yours!!!
J. S. B.10-Jan-2004 03:00
Beautiful work.
Mattos 30-Dec-2003 21:40
Imagens deslumbrantes.
Nota 10
Guest 30-Dec-2003 18:31
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Áîpèñ.
Ron Horloff25-Dec-2003 23:57
This is a wonderful gallery, full saturated colors, very good composition. I feel as if I'm there. Keep 'em coming; I have you bookmarked.

Ron
Guest 08-Dec-2003 17:02
Very nice work.
You are welcome to look at my impression of the same area at:

http://www.pbase.com/yalop/landscape_of_the_west
rj24-Nov-2003 04:01
Congratulations!! Very nice work.
Brian Klimowski12-Nov-2003 02:42
Zane,

Great to see your interpretation of this fantastic area! I especially
like "Wave 5" and "Wave 6"...nice flow and composition.

Cheers,

Brian
Tom 08-Oct-2003 00:52
Hi, my compliments for your nice photos!
Please come see my photos sometime?
Best regards from Tom.

http://members.lycos.nl/tomjutte/
Guest 07-Oct-2003 16:59
Nice images.

http://www.pbase.com/digidawg/galleries

Brian.
Bob Reynolds05-Oct-2003 16:03
Hi Zane,
I think we were in Utah around the same time (I also went in September). We really wanted to go here, but time just wouldn't permit with all the other places on our itinerary. You've really captured this area beautifully and shown how different it can look depending on the angle and lighting conditions. What an amazing place! Very nice work.
tomr-photos03-Oct-2003 00:27
I'd have to say "amazing", "fantastic", or "beautiful", but I know there are some things in nature that words do not faithfully describe. Sometimes words just get in the way. Great job of recording the incredible formations. Thanks for sharing. – Tom
dick lee02-Oct-2003 00:12
Zane,

Very nice job. Beautiful area.

Dick
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