Delicate Arch and a sandstone amphitheater, Arches National Park, Utah

Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah sits on the rim of an amphitheater.  This panoramic shot shows that amphitheater plus Delicate Arch.  This arch is at the end of a trail that makes for a 3 mile round trip hike and gains 480 feet from the trailhead to the arch.

Delicate Arch is the symbol of Arches National Park and is such an iconic symbol of Utah that it appears on many of the state's vehicle license plates.

We visited Delicate Arch during a spring break in 2017 and hiked almost all the way around the rim of this amphitheater to get this shot.  This panorama is a combination of 18 bracketed images.

Remember, it's not just a picture, it's a story.

Yosemite Falls with a moonbow in the lower fall, Yosemite Nat'l Park

This image of Yosemite Falls, with the upper and lower fall visible, is lit up by moonlight. You can see stars in the sky above the falls. The rainbow in the mist of the lower falls is caused by moonlight, not sunlight. When we viewed this scene with our own eyes, we couldn't see the colors, but the camera picks them through a long exposure of 30 seconds, ISO 800. We were just at the falls getting moonbow pictures in the lower fall, but as we were leaving, we decided to look back at the whole waterfall and see if the moonbow was visible from this other perspective.

This natural event can happen 2-3 days around the full moon in the spring and early summer in Yosemite Valley, especially when there's enough water flow.

Remember, it's not just a picture, it's a story!