Photo(s) of the day...

[Jim Kenney]

From today near the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon:
Interesting pair of grave markers, twin brothers "hanging out with best bud Lloyd & Floyd." They died two months apart at age 64.

I call these Covid Rocks. I'm sure little kids have made them all over America during their time locked out of school. The one in the foreground says "carry on." There is one painted like a lady bug near it. Some are very elaborately painted, some display inspirational words/phrases, some have a patriotic theme. I hope some pro photogs are traveling around America capturing these and other unique images from the covid pause period for posterity.

 

[jseeski]

Bicycle wheel sculpture in Rossland, British Columbia, Canada.

Rossland Range near the north end of the Seven Summits trail on a very cloudy day. It was misting lightly and there was some water on the lens.

Booty Creek and an "official" sign.

View from the Seven Summits trail. Storm is coming.

 

[Jenny]

Bought this for the garden today - snapped a quick shot to text to a friend and when I finally got to look at the pic I liked the light and shadow.

 

[4ster]

A new perspective of an old friend...

 

[luliski]

A new perspective of an old friend...
View attachment 105360

She's a beauty. Coincidentally, today is the six year anniversary of the first and only time I've hiked Tallac. Going again next week.

 

[slowrider]

Out the front door, Oregon.

A day at the lake.

 

[Uncle-A]

I was driving to the bagel store on this Sunday morning and saw this guy just wondering around.

 

[LiquidFeet]

I worry for that peacock so close to the road. I hope he makes it home.

 

[Tom Co.]

Wild Sky Wilderness

Looking Across Civilization to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness

 

[Posaune]

Tom, isn't that Mt. Index in the top pic? I thought it was in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. If so, I suppose the pic was taken from Wild Sky since it's just across the valley. Nice work!

 

[Tom Co.]

It is Mt. Baring

 

[Posaune]

It is Mt. Baring

Got it.

 

[Jim Kenney]

30 June 2020: View from the Ferguson Canyon Water Tower, Cottonwood Heights, UT. The Great Salt Lake is in the center background.

 

[Daniel]

View of Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) from atop Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the Northern Territories of Australia back when one was still permitted to climb Uluru. We spent close to an entire day exploring the summit of this vast sandstone rock formation with friends of ours from Toowoomba, Queensland. On a skiing-related note, I'm rocking an old National Brotherhood of Skiers Park City Summit sweatshirt from 1991.

View of Uluru as the sun was setting. What can't be seen are the large number of tourists from several dozen countries lined up alongside us taking the exact same photos from a designated location. We spent an entire day hiking all the way around the base of Uluru exploring its various overhangs and alcoves.

View of Kata Tjuta the next day as the sun was setting. Another fun place to spend a day hiking and exploring.

 

[Jim Kenney]

@Daniel would you say the desert/rock landscape around Ayers Rock bears a lot of similarity with southern Utah?

 

[Doug Briggs]

30 June 2020: View from the Ferguson Canyon Water Tower, Cottonwood Heights, UT. The Great Salt Lake is in the center background.
View attachment 105489

You caught a dragon fly in the foreground, did you not?

 

[Jim Kenney]

You caught a dragon fly in the foreground, did you not?

Doug, you have crazy good eyes. I didn't notice that guy before. Now that you mention it, there are tons of dragonflies in the Wasatch foothills. Close-up from same photo, looks almost like a drone, which I've also seen fairly often in the foothills:

 

[Uncle-A]

Doug, you have crazy good eyes. I didn't notice that guy before. Now that you mention it, there are tons of dragonflies in the Wasatch foothills. Close-up from same photo, looks almost like a drone, which I've also seen fairly often in the foothills:
View attachment 105506

If there are tons of dragonflies there must be tons of mosquitoes because that is their favorite food. I have been told that they sometimes are called mosquito hawks, at least down south.

 

[Doug Briggs]

My vision needs correction, but I am observant.

 

[Daniel]

@Daniel would you say the desert/rock landscape around Ayers Rock bears a lot of similarity with southern Utah?

The rock landscape definitely bears a great deal of similarity to southern Utah; however, there are several significant differences between the two environments. Australia is the driest continent on Earth and the outback or red center is the driest region in Oz. In some places in the outback, measurable rainfall may only fall every year or so. What little vegetation that exists is among the most drought tolerant on the planet. In terms of plant life, southern Utah almost seems tropical by comparison. Although the entire state of Utah would easily fit into the outback with an enormous amount of room to spare, the sum total of Utah's rocky landscape acreage easily dwarfs that of the interior of Oz. Rock formations such as Uluru and Kata Tjuta, generally speaking, are few and far between. They are approximately 25 miles apart but one can gaze in many other directions from their locations and see nothing but a flat, near-featureless plain as far as the horizon. The place that bears the most resemblance to southern Utah that we spent time at is Kings Canyon (kings canyon australia). It was easy to briefly think we were back home during our time there but even it is quite small compared to places like the San Rafael Swell or the combined districts of Canyonlands National Park. One big similarity is that southern Utah and the Oz outback attract large numbers of visitors from all over the world. We were in this area during the Southern Hemisphere winter. Temperatures during the summer in the outback soar to levels I'd find to be near unsurvivable. One final tidbit of information about the interior of Oz: it is the most sparely populated place on Earth outside the polar regions.