Dinosaur national Monument

This rock scarp, carved out by the Yampa river and eons of time, was quite the sight to behold. Towering over us by some 500 feet, it truly depicts the scale and powerful beauty of nature.

The photograph itself is, wait for it, yet another iPhone shot, but with a twist. The sheer size of this half-moon shaped formation was too large for even a wide angle lens, which I didn’t even have with me. So my solution was to use the panorama feature of the iPhone, but turned on its axis so I was panning vertically instead of horizontally. This captured the totality of the feature, but still fell short of the actual experience.

The two figures below were part of the rafting group I was invited to join for this 5 day float down the Yampa. I think we traversed three different states in that time, had some whitewater thrills and a generally fantastic time with my new friend captain Coby Gerike.