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“At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: to glorify things just because they are.” – Czeslaw Milosz

 

There could be no better place than Canyonlands National Park's Island in the Sky for cloud watching. -- Photo by Pat Bean

I love taking landscape photos with my Canon digital  pocket camera And I find that sometimes the focus of my photos have more to do with the clouds above than the land below. Here are two photos, taken during visit to Utah’s Canyonlands National Park, Island in the Sky that fit this category. Wouldn’t you agree. 

 

A sky full of clouds above Whale Rock in Canyonlands National Park. -- Photo by Pat Bean

 “Nature is a mutable cloud that is always and never the same.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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Posted in Nature, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged canyonlands national park, clouds, Czeslaw Milosz, Island in teh Sky, postaday2011, Rralph Waldo Emerson, weekly photo challenge, Whale Rock | 9 Comments

9 Responses

1. on June 3, 2011 at 2:44 pm | Reply Susan ideus

   Lovely!

   
   
2. on June 3, 2011 at 4:05 pm | Reply Martina

   Pat, your clouds are gorgeous, especially since they change constantly. You have made great captures.

   
   
3. on June 3, 2011 at 4:14 pm | Reply Watching Seasons

   Great images!

   
   
4. on June 3, 2011 at 5:52 pm | Reply Deborah Lee

   We have great clouds here in Florida – especially this time of year when they start gathering in the afternoon to rain. One of my favorite pastimes is cloud watching too!

   
   
5. on June 3, 2011 at 10:10 pm | Reply Linda Hoye

   These are beautiful photos, Pat.

   
   
6. on June 4, 2011 at 1:29 am | Reply grightnow

   Does numbers work in branding? See if you are trap with this numbers illusion. Click tag for “weekly photo challenge” any where and look for grightnow.wordpress.com. Just testing. Cheers.

   
   
7. on June 4, 2011 at 5:53 am | Reply harpersfarm

   Beautiful!!

   
   
8. on June 5, 2011 at 1:21 am | Reply Robin

   Wow. Amazing. 🙂

   
   
9. on June 5, 2011 at 5:41 pm | Reply Stephen

   Thanks for the beautiful pics. The last two quotes struck some thoughtful chords in me and helped crystalize some thoughts that I was having about waiting for things to come to pass when there was a “better” moment.