Annular Solar Eclipse & The Paria Plateau
Friday – Sunday, May 18-20, 2012
A few months back I managed to get another pair of permits to the Coyote Buttes North area so that Amanda and I could visit The Wave again and explore a few new areas. It turns out that I had picked a great weekend to go without originally realizing it. Our permits were for Saturday May 19th and it just so happens that the Annular Solar Eclipse was going to be happening on Sunday the 20th and some of the best views of this event would be down in the same area. It couldn’t have worked out better! We would visit Coyote Buttes North on Saturday and then stick around for the Solar Eclipse on Sunday with a little extra time to check out Wire Pass.
After work on Friday we finished loading up the Jeep and headed south through Utah to the Paria Plateau in northern Arizona. As we drove past Moab the light played hide and seek with the peaks of the La Sal Mountains in the distance.
In the Spotlight by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
We also made a quick stop at Wilson Arch for a photo since the last photo I took here in late afternoon light was with a point & shoot camera.
Wilson Arch by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
The sun was just setting as we drove through Bluff, and it lit up the clouds behind the Horse Boulder nicely.
Horse Boulder by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr