The Wedge Overlook Look down 1,200 feet and there's the lowly San Rafael River, which, along with millions of years of erosion carved this "little grand canyon," exposing rocks over 300 million years old. Look on the horizon, roughly 15 miles, and there's Window Blind Peak. Download These [...]

Frank Gehry, eat your heart out. There's no man-made architecture on Earth that can come close to the San Rafael Swell. Wandering through the Black Box area, I came upon this nameless mound, about 80 feet high. The bright yellow stubble, which surrounds this precarious formation, serves to light it from the underside, bringing [...]

Evening Shadows This shot was taken about a half mile from where I like to camp when I'm in the Swell. It had been a very hot day, and getting toward sunset, the Swell was breathing a sigh of relief. Download These downloads are popular screen savers, [...]

Rainbow May 2015, afternoon. Some friends and I had trekked down to the Swell for a yearly Cinco de Mayo celebration, and I'd barely set up camp when a wild spring thunderstorm blew in and blew out just as fast. Right after the storm, the afternoon sun came out full-force and blasted light on [...]