Mike's Spot

On This Day Oct 16

2005: Day 2 of Arches National Park

Including:
"Love can be Prickly"
"Kissing Turtles"
and The Delicate Arch

Arches National Park

Sometimes Love can be a little prickly

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Arches National Park

A double arch looking at toward the sun.

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Arches National Park

Double O Arch looking out onto the flats

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Arches National Park

The Skull Arch in the Fiery Furnace, however the skull is hard to see in these photos.

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Arches National Park

Looking up and out of the Fiery Furnace onto an Azul color sky.

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Arches National Park

Kising Turtles Arch in the Fiery Furnace

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Arches National Park

One of the many narrow parts of the Ranger led trail thru the Fiery Furnace

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Arches National Park

Watching the colors shift on Delicate Arch at Sunset

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On This Day Oct 15

Besides back in 2005 not much happened.

So I am including my favorite Arches National Park Photos Day 1:

Arches National Park

Landscape Arch, one of the world's longest sone spans, stretches 306 feet yet is only 11 fee thick at its center.

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Arches National Park

I was excited about my Ranger Led trip into the Fiery Furnace on the next day.

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Arches National Park

Watching the full moon rise thru this North Window Arch was very spectacular.

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Arches National Park

I took this picture of the Turret Arch while photographing the moon rise thru the North Window Arch.

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Arches National Park

Watching the full moon rise thru this North Window Arch was very spectacular.

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