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leadmountainwidow.bsky.social
Sometimes history happens too. #MiniaturePainting #Twitch #BackOfBeyond
January 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Intrusive: NW New Mexico

#stone #blueskyartshow #eck #landscapephotography #badlands #erosion #backofbeyond #geology #rockformation
A suggestively shaped limestone hoodoo sits on a pedestal of weathered mudstone, on a sloping plain speckled with ironstone concretions. Additional odd rock formations appear in the background, along with several scrubby trees.
March 21, 2026 at 8:14 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Skyscrapers

#scape #eastcoastkin #hoodoos #NewMexico #erosion #geology #hiking #wilderness #backofbeyond
A series of hoodoos, anchored at right with the most massive and towering of the group, runs off to the lower left, ever declining in height. The sky above is studded with white puffy clouds that likewise recede into the distance.
September 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Through alien eyes: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico.

#blackandwhite #scape #eck #landscapephotography #classicmono #wilderness #newmexico #backofbeyond #hoodoos
A stark black and white image of a bizarre, alien-like desert landscape, with a towering hoodoo serving as a reference point at left. The broken, eroded foreground hills draw the eye up and across a flat plain in center toward a ridgeling of badlands mounds in the middle distance. White clouds streak across an otherwise empty dark sky.
May 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Defy the sky: White Rocks area, GSENM

#classicmono #eastcoastkin #landscpephotography #blackandwhite #hoodoos #pinnacle #grandstaircase #utah #erosion #geology #landscape #hiking #wilderness #backofbeyond
A stark black and white rendering of dramatic eroded pinnacles and monuments, showing prominent banding of sediments. The sky above appears black, with areas of wispy white cloud.
May 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Lay of the land: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah #wilderness, NW #NewMexico

#landscapephotography #erosion #geology #stratification #hiking #backofbeyond
Puffy white clouds hover over eroded mudstone slopes, deeply channeled and interlaced with sediments of varying density and tonality.
October 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Holding back the tide: caprock on mudstone, undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#rockintuesday #eck #geology #erosion #badlands #caprock #blackandwhite #classicmono #landscapephotography #hiking #notrail #backofbeyond #newmexico
Heavily eroded clay and mudstone, steeply sloped, rises from a rocky base toward a partly cloudy sky, with a huge slab of hard rock capping the formation. A bit of scrub brush hangs out next to a fallen caprock slab at bottom left. Canon 6D, f/6.3, 50mm
June 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
The melting ground: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#badlands #NewMexico #wilderness #backofbeyond #offthegrid #scape #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #flowstone #hiking
Deeply eroded mudstone mounds with striking coloration varying from ochre to pale yellow dominate this image, with the central mound rising up to a reddish peak at top of frame. The sky is a deep, faultless blue.
August 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Extraterrestrial: a darker view for #stunday - undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#badlands #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #erosion #wilderness #hiking #backofbeyond #stratigraphy #mudstone #darksky
A stark, dark, high-contrast black and white image giving these heavily-eroded mudstone peaks an otherworldly appearance.
March 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Shapes at sunrise: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah, NW New Mexico

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #blackandwhite #classicmono #landscapephotography #NewMexico #wilderness #hiking #shadow #erosion #geology #mudstone #badlands #backofbeyond
Early light caresses the flowing mudstone forms of a series of low hills in a desert lowland. Surrounding terrain is in shadow. The gray of the sky above is featureless.
August 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Two-faced: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah wilderness, NW New Mexico

#badlands #monochrome #blackandwhite #landscape #photography #wilderness #newmexico #hiking #backofbeyond
A massive mudstone erosional feature dominates the scene. It is straight-sided and buttressed by lower, more gentle mounds. In the background at right is another flat-topped erosion feature. There is a single wispy cloud in the sky. Grayscale image.
March 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Terra obscura: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#badlands #hoodoos #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #backofbeyond #newmexico #offthebeatenpath #erosion
Black and white image of several hoodoos, seen from across a steep defile. A fractured sandstone boulder sits on a pedestal at lower right, while on the level ground across the canyon we see a variety of hoodoo shapes capped by flat ironstones.
March 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
It's a beautiful day: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#scape #badlands #eck #newmexico #bluesky #pinetree #forestfriday #hiking #backofbeyond
A tall ponderosa pine dominates the picture at left center, with a steep rocky butte holding interest at right. The butte is situated atop a heavily weathered, clearly stratified hill of silt and mudstone, with several other pines atop the ridge. The sky is full of puffy white clouds. Canon 6D, f/6.3, 70mm
May 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Judgement stones - Ah Shi Sle Pah #wilderness, NW New Mexico

#NewMexico #hiking #blackandwhite #classicmono #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #highcontrast #erosion #geology #backofbeyond #offtrail #badlands
Stark black and white image of a badlands environment, with dark, flat stones in the foreground at bottom and a series of rotund hoodoos rising above. Behind and higher up rises a deeply eroded mound. The sky behind is dark and featureless.
September 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Destination unknown: somewhere in the vast Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#badlands #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #photography #backofbeyond #hiking #wilderness #hoodoos
A few wispy clouds lighten the otherwise dark sly above several hoodoos. Strong shadows are cast on the rolling soft sediments upon which they stand. The rock tower at left center provides the anchor or focus for the image.
April 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
It is written

#scape #landscape #classicmono #highres #canyonlands #sandstone #desert #utah #grandstaircase #hiking #backofbeyond #eastcoastkin #photography #landscapephotography #hoodoos
A highly detailed black and white image of a canyon wall receding into the distance. Two flat-topped hoodoos stand in front of the canyon, with the angle of their tops mirroring the angle of the canyon rim. The sky is streaked with wispy clouds.
May 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Dawn among the hoodoos: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah #wilderness, NW #NewMexico

#RockInTuesday #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #hiking #backofbeyond #geology #erosion
At center bottom we see a dry wash with scattered clumps of vegetation. Rising on all sides are deeply eroded mudstone walls, some capped by ironstone boulders and forming hoodoos. The formations continue, maze-like, into the distance.
September 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Rocks in the clouds: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah wilderness area, NW New Mexico.

#RockInTuesday #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #wilderness #backofbeyond #newmexico #hiking #erosion #geology #badlands #hoodoos #bluesky
A group of oddly-shaped hoodoos emerges from the top of an eroded hillside. The blue sky above and behind is graced with puffy white clouds.
July 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Scarp scape: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#scape #eck #landscapehpotography #classicmono #blackandwhite #erosion #geology #newmexico #hiking #backofbeyond
A line of deeply eroded cliffs stretches from lower left to upper right in this image. There is tonal banding obvious in the cliff face, and huge boulders perched at the top. A few hardy pines are interspersed among the boulders. At the foot of the cliff, silt and mudstone predominate, with occasional chunks of harder rock and one incipient hoodoo.
March 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Defile: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness, NW New Mexico

#badlands #lowkey #landscapephotography #newmexico #wilderness #backofbeyond #hiking #erosion #stratigraphy
A variegated, highly-stratified hill rises above lower, more rounded mudstone features in the underexposed black and white image.
March 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Falling off - Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#badlands #erosion #hoodoos #hiking #wilderness #backofbeyond #newmexico #classicmono #eastcoastkin #landscapephotography
Two narrow, light-toned mudstone pinnacles rise from unstable, eroded ground. They are topped by ironstone caps. The larger, closer of the hoodoos stands uneasily at the edge of a vertical chasm and appears in danger of falling. The sky is dark and featureless.
July 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Monument to the fallen: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#landscapephotography #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #hoodoo #newmexico #badlands #hiking #wilderness #backofbeyond #geology #erosion
An improbably tall and narrow natural rock sculpture pierces the faultless blue sky. The pillar of rock is fluted and crumbling; it's capped by a darker, harder slab of stone, atop which grows a desiccated-looking scrub tree.
May 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Agony of the false god: White Rocks area, UT

#rockformation #erosion #landscapephotography #geology #hoodoos #wilderness #hiking #blackandwhite #backofbeyond
Stark black and white image of a bizarre rock formation, full of crenulations and torturous erosional channels. The imagination calls up a huge winged creature with a human-like face, mouth open to the sky.
April 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Bearing up poorly: VOD East, NW New Mexico

#blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #wilderness #valleyofdreams #newmexico #hiking #backofbeyond #hoodoos
A pair of multi-part hoodoos stand out in full detail in this black and white image. In the background we see another field of hoodoos, with cloudy sky above.
June 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM