For your viewing pleasure,an album of images from Goblin Valley, Utah is now up at https://markhoffmanphotography.com. If you would prefer the more direct link try this: Goblin Valley Album – direct. More albums from this strange place may be forthcoming as I’ve got hundreds of marvelous images of it. PP
The Universe. Stranger than we imagine. Stranger than we can imagine. Goblin Valley is in Utah. It’s as strange a place as exists in the natural world. The geological features here are bizarre. Utah is filled with awesome geology. I’ve been photographing Utah for years, as have hundreds of photogs. It’s mesmerizing and […]
Trundling around the American Southwest again, happened upon a very short trail to Cave Spring in Utah’s southern Canyonlands. The place has an other-worldly creepiness to it. I half expected to peer into a darkened rock alcove and find some thousand year old wild animal or possibly a prehistoric human lurking there. Didn’t find either. […]
While I understand that many people view the petroglyphs of the American Southwest as nothing more than really old graffiti, I find myself captivated by the things. The rock art of the Grand Gallery in Horseshoe Canyon is seductive. The figures there resemble human forms, sort of, but not really. Speculation about what the paintings […]
There’s a new gallery taking shape at photophart.com. The post below gives a little explanation of this crazy place in Utah that really has to be seen to be believed. Images will be added as I finish them. To make it easy here’s a link to THE GALLERY. PP
The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine. As geologic wonders go there is nothing on earth like the wonders hiding in the American Southwest. Witness these bizarre rock formations. South of Vernal, Utah, in the midst of an oil and gas-field wasteland of immense proportions, is […]
Rummaging around Google searches I discovered a ton of “false kiva” images, deservedly so. It’s a fascinating place steeped in history and mystery. Strangely, the available images of the site all use the same general POV. Nice enough, but repetitious. Enter the landscape photographer’s mantra: “Enjoy the beautiful scene before you but remember to look […]
In Moab, Utah again last month which is not the subject of this post, rather the area around Moab, brimming with a wealth of spectacular geology and early American history. I refer specifically to “False Kiva”, google it if you must. Directions for the hike to the site abound. Pay particular attention to the one […]
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