St. John's -> St. Anthony -> Blanc Sablon -> Goose Bay -> Postville

After about 30 hours home I am off again, not to the desert this time, but to a frozen lake in Labrador. I'll be working on a project to map the bottom of some lakes so the volume of the lakes can be calculated. I'll be using Ground Penetrating RADAR (GPR) towed behind a Skidoo and Sled over a frozen lake. I think it is going to be cold, but It should be interesting.
The plan is that I'll be there for a week, than I'll be going back to Torbay.

Photos to Follow.

The Strip, Vegas

Well I am on the road again, and am staying in Vegas tonight. We are a few blocks from the strip, so I thought that although it is not my thing I should have a walk down there. It is quite a place, it is amazing what money can buy and what an artificial world people can create.I Think I prefer the desert, sure things either have spines, or are poisonous, out there, but at least it is all real.

Trees!

While Exploring today we found some trees and some very nice cactii. The white mountains in the distance are Zion National park.

Hudu?

We started work early today to make the most of the cold (-4C) mornings before it gets too hot, so we were finished with enough time for some exploring. Kanab Canyon is just a few minutes drive north of Kanab. There are some interesting rock formations here, most of which are going to require another visit with a wide angle lens.


I think this is what is known as a Hudu. Basically a layer of very soft sandstone is protected from rain by a cap of harder sandstone. It is this differential weathering that lakes some of the dramatic landscapes around Utah and Arizona.

Northern Arizona

This is a shot of the desert, about 40 km south of Kanab. In the distance you can see the far side of a canyon, not sure how big this one is as we haven't had a chance to get any closer than this. The Grand Canyon is about 85 miles from here.

Kanab, Utah

Well after a very long day we made it to Kanab, Utah. This is the view that greeted me through my bedroom window.

RADAR Station

Over a year ago I visited the old RADAR station at Red Cliff, figuring it would be an interesting place for some photos of old, falling down buildings. Recently, looking at google earth I noticed that I missed some of the larger buildings, so I went back for another look on friday. There are two large buildings still standing and I think they have some potential for some intersting photos. Most of the rooms have few, or no windows, so i'll need to take a flash or some long exposured as I did with this image. It was created by HDR and tone mapping of 6 images.