Aztec Sandstone Abstracts
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During my last road trip, I camped at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada for a night. During the day the light was super harsh...and I didn't get a single photograph. I retreated to my campsite to prepare dinner. I noticed that some of the sandstone walls surrounding the campground were in shade--so I walked a couple of hundred yards to capture these abstracts.
The blue colors on the rocks seemed almost unbelievable. I later learned that the blue color results from desert varnish--a natural film made of clay minerals, manganese oxide, and iron oxide that gradually forms on rock surfaces in arid environments over thousands of years.
I know abstracts aren't everyone's cup of tea, but here are 8 pictures that I captured there:
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I know that the EXIF information hasn't been showing consistently in my posts. Most of these were captured with the Nikon Z7ii and the Nikon 100-400 lens.
Thanks for looking...
Glenn
The blue colors on the rocks seemed almost unbelievable. I later learned that the blue color results from desert varnish--a natural film made of clay minerals, manganese oxide, and iron oxide that gradually forms on rock surfaces in arid environments over thousands of years.
I know abstracts aren't everyone's cup of tea, but here are 8 pictures that I captured there:
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I know that the EXIF information hasn't been showing consistently in my posts. Most of these were captured with the Nikon Z7ii and the Nikon 100-400 lens.
Thanks for looking...
Glenn
Nov 04, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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What natural wonders they be Glenn! The color is very rare and the strata of the rock is weaving a wonderful lesson in geology! The light only heightens the nooks and crannies in the rock/stone.
Wonderful!
Dan
Wonderful!
Dan
Nov 04, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Danpbphoto wrote:
What natural wonders they be Glenn! The color is very rare and the strata of the rock is weaving a wonderful lesson in geology! The light only heightens the nooks and crannies in the rock/stone.
Wonderful!
Dan
Thanks Dan...
Glenn
What natural wonders they be Glenn! The color is very rare and the strata of the rock is weaving a wonderful lesson in geology! The light only heightens the nooks and crannies in the rock/stone.
Wonderful!
Dan
Thanks Dan...
Glenn
Nov 04, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Pretty cool. Easy to see why your attracted to these. TFS
John
John
Nov 04, 2025 at 01:05 PM
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johnohio wrote:
Pretty cool. Easy to see why your attracted to these. TFS
John
Thanks John...some of the most extraordinary colors I've experienced in nature.
Glenn
Pretty cool. Easy to see why your attracted to these. TFS
John
Thanks John...some of the most extraordinary colors I've experienced in nature.
Glenn
Nov 04, 2025 at 02:15 PM
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Interesting fact about the blue "varnish", Glenn!
Douglas
Douglas
Nov 05, 2025 at 06:33 AM
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Real nice closeups of the formation Glenn. I've always taken wider images from that stunning park
Morris
Morris
Nov 05, 2025 at 07:12 AM
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douter wrote:
Interesting fact about the blue "varnish", Glenn!
Douglas
Thanks Douglas
Interesting fact about the blue "varnish", Glenn!
Douglas
Thanks Douglas
Nov 05, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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morris wrote:
Real nice closeups of the formation Glenn. I've always taken wider images from that stunning park
Morris
Thanks Morris...I was mostly playing with my 100-400 lens there.
Glenn
Real nice closeups of the formation Glenn. I've always taken wider images from that stunning park
Morris
Thanks Morris...I was mostly playing with my 100-400 lens there.
Glenn
Nov 05, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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kdacharya wrote:
nice textures, shapes and color, Glenn
Thank you...
Glenn
nice textures, shapes and color, Glenn
Thank you...
Glenn
Nov 06, 2025 at 07:49 AM