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Turn up the contrast and saturation! Veins pulse through the various layers of sandstone. It is amazing the amount of layers and changes in mineral deposits you can see. And the changes from red to white to purple and so on. Only then to do realize you’re looking a one foot high sample of a sandstone dome that sits 400’ above the ground, which in turn is hundreds to thousands of feet still buried in the surrounding dirt.

Ms. Terra is one complex lady.

Switching back and forth through cuts on the eastern approach the Top of the World, the sun started to illuminate the formations higher up. While deep in shadow, the first full sunlight started to warm the rock.

Just beyond this natural arch is “Base Camp”, which is one of the stopping points for bushwhacking hikes in the Valley of Fire. At one of the highest points, it is a good location for side hikes and photographic vistas from the old “Parking Lot” back to the White Domes.

A log book (volume 2) is located in an ammo box brought up by the illustrious Shube. That hike his wine bottles were carried by pack mules. If you make it up this way, check my site blog.baah.net and view the panorama shot. All clues are there to find your way up here, so make sure to sign in! It would be appreciated to pack out any refuse you might find.

These breaks in the rock formation look like they were chiseled out.

Back country in the Valley of Fire, an interesting transition from white (pink) to red sandstone.