Swirls of sandstone on the Wave, Coyote Butte, Arizona
by Neale And Judith Clark
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Swirls of sandstone on the Wave, Coyote Butte, Arizona
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Neale And Judith Clark
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Photograph - Photography
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Swirls of sandstone on the Wave, Coyote Butte, Arizona, United States of America, USA
The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness is a 112,500 acres (455 km2) wilderness area located in northern Arizona and southern Utah,and is home to spectacular sandstone formations such as The Wave on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes.
The BLM has placed a limit on overnight camping in the Paria Canyon portion of the Wilderness in order to protect it from overuse. It is also necessary to obtain a permit for the popular hike to the Wave formation in Coyote Buttes.
The Wave is a sandstone rock formation located in Arizona, United States, near its northern border with Utah. The formation is situated on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness of the Colorado Plateau. The area is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument visitor center in Kanab, Utah.
The formation is well-known among hikers and photographers for its colorful, undulating forms and the difficult hike required to reach it. Due to the fragile nature of the formation and the large number of people wishing to visit it, a daily lottery system is used to dispense only ten next-day permits in person at the Kanab visitor center. Additionally, ten online permits for each date are available four months in advance of a planned trip. A map and information about the hike are supplied to those who have obtained permits.An ideal time to photograph the Wave is the few hours around midday when there are no shadows in the centre.
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December 19th, 2019
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