One last morning in Arches before heading home and we couldn’t even stay in bed until the sun was up! After playing with night exposures for a while it was early to bed and then rolling out to Turret Arch before the sunrise. One of the guys we’d met while photographing Double Arch had said there was a great view of Turret Arch looking through North Window and with that in mind we set off.
Turret arch seen through North Window, pre sunrise
He had described it pretty well and there was a perch on a slab of rock that afforded an amazing view. This morning was cold and I really could hardly wait for the sun to rise!
Turret arch seen through North Window, at sunrise
Turret arch seen through North Window, at sunrise
Sunrise in the desert
Turret arch seen through North Window, at sunrise
Turret arch seen through North Window, at sunrise
This was an amazing place to spend sunrise, warm rays of golden light really warmed up the colours on the rocks not to mention my own freezing skin! I took a ton of shots on my little perch and then we moved over towards South Window and around to Turret Arch.
Jamie heads for South Window
Path up to Turret Arch
Turret Arch
As a last-day on vacation this one was great! Mostly relaxing, amazing views, and scene I’ll remember forever. We had breakfast at the trailhead, an attempted picnic until the winds got to be too much and then we hit the road.
December 3, 2009
Love these pictures and they put in mind of Mary Oliver’s poem, The Sun. In fact, any time I bask in the wonder of a sunrise or sunset the words come back. “…. how it slides again out of the blackness every morning, on the other side of the world like a red flower streaming upward on its heavenly oil…..and have you ever felt for anything such wild love….” Pretty much anything you see in nature, Mary Oliver has absolutely nailed it in words. Your pictures do a mighty fine job of capturing the feeling too! Thanks Jon