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Blue sky at last light: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#blueskymonday #ECK #landscapephotography #badlands #lybrook #newmexico #hiking #rockformations #hoodoos
A blocky outcrop of hoodoos, with dark ironstone capping light-colored mudstone, is lit by the setting sun, while ironstone boulders lie on a slope of mudstone arrayed below. Another slope of lighter-colored soil rises at an angle to the right. The sky is faultlessly blue.
November 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
vivarioarriba.bsky.social
Please think of all your friends that may be affected in the vast Navajo Nation region...

we have called to check on folks near Lybrook, NM, Bloomfield, Upper Fruitland, southwest of the Hilltop Thriftway station...

many have to haul water anyway, and the roads are very bad, so many bridges out.
October 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 - Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮
𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴
𝘛𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘭𝘭.
𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘣,
𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦
𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.

#scape #eck #landscapephotography #badlands #hoodoos #erosion #geology #imageandverse
A clearly stratified badlands hillside towers over a complex landscape of hoodoos, sandstone boulders, gray shale hillocks and eroded arroyos with sparse drylands plants. The sky is vivid blue with a prominent puffy white cloud. Canon 5Dll, f/5.6, 38mm
October 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 - first light, Lybrook badlands

𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴
𝘖𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝘜𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.
𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦,
𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨.

#urbangaze #eck #newmexico #classicmono #imageandverse #badlands
High contrast view of a fortress-like group of hoodoos lit by the rising sun, while the hillside and cliffs in the foreground and at right are still in shadow. Ironstone boulders and scraggly plants populate the nearby shadowed slopes. Canon 5Dll, f/5.6, 27mm
October 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Lybrook may be the most diverse of NW New Mexico badlands. Twisted junipers and lush scrub pines add visual appeal to the hoodoos and formations.

#classicmono #eck #blackandwhite #badlands #newmexico #juniper #hoodoos #highcontrast #wilderness #hiking #notrail #geology #erosion #rockformations
A twisted juniper rises into a black sky from a hillside in front of a field of hoodoos, with higher eroded cliffs in the background. A wisp of cloud gives added interest to the scene.
September 30, 2026 at 8:58 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
I've seen this intimately-associated hoodoo pair referred to as "kissing dragons" - and I can kind of see it, though "nose-booping dragons" is more on the mark. I'm more intrigued by the shape of the space between them. (?)

#windowsonwednesday #eck #hoodoos #lybrook #badlands #newmexico #wilderness
A pair of stout, bulky hoodoos dominates the image, with the sky above (and between) lacking any clouds. Is that Scandinavia I see in the gap? Or maybe an elongated version of the Indian subcontinent? Canon 5Dll, f/5.6, 45mm
September 30, 2026 at 6:12 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
The goblet: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#rockintuesday #eastcoastkin #blackandwhite #classicmono #wilderness #newmexico #hiking #badlands #landscapephotography #hoodoos
Central in the image is a long-stem goblet-shaped hoodoo, with a blockier, more jagged hoodoo on the right. A juniper bush takes up the left side of the photo. The sky above is devoid of clouds and appears darker at right than at left.
September 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 - Lybrook badlands, NM

𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴
𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬
𝘐𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵; 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥. 𝘗𝘪𝘵𝘺.

#blackandwhite #landscapephotography #classicmono #eck #badlands #newmexico #hoodoos
A group of hoodoos surround a view of the tiny moon, glimpsed above the hilltop between them. The sky is rendered black, while the stone towers appear starkly white with darker ironstone caps. Canon 5Dll, f/5.6, 33mm
September 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
"But the Constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all." - G. Washington

(Kind of looks like him, right?)

#rockintuesday #eck #newmexico #badlands #lybrook #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #hoodoos
Anthropomorphic rock formation suggests the profile of a person with a protuberant nose and a cocked hat, against a background of several other hoodoos and a featureless grey sky.
September 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Red is the color of iron in rocks - Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#redwed #eck #landscapephotography #badlands #newmexico #hiking #wilderness #hoodoos
A jumble of fractured reddish boulders decorate a plain of gray mudstone showing its own fracture pattern. A rocky pinnacle rises in the background against a partly cloudy sky, with several hoodoos on the ridgeling. Canon 5Dll, f/8, 26mm
September 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
wtp-protest.bsky.social
Lybrook is impressive. Fewer wings than the Bisti. More, tall pillars, pinnacles, towers, and windows. Lots more vegetation and signs of wildlife.
August 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
wtp-protest.bsky.social
Lybrook Fossil Area is a colorful, stark spectrum of earth tones, ranging from yellow, brown, pink, and purple to stark, tall hills of layered black and white. It is a cornucopia of peculiar rock formations, including tall spires, hoodoos, towering caprocks, and other bizarre geologic specimens.
August 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Overlook: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#blackandwhite #landscapephotography #eck #newmexico #classicmono #badlands #rockformation #hoodoo
Stark black and white image of a hoodoo-like rock formation perched on the edge of a cliff overlooking a rugged badlands terrain below. Canon 5DII, f/11, 50mm
July 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
I most fear oil and gas leases. Having recently witnessed what's going on in the Lybrook badlands of NW New Mexico, I fear for something similar occurring along Hole-in-the-Rock road.
July 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Ozymandias: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#scape #eck #monochrome #classicmono #landscapephotography #sepia #badlands #erosion #geology #wilderness #newmexico #hiking
Rising up toward the top center of the image is a heavily eroded mound of mudstone, capped by a dark, vaguely anthropomorphic boulder atop a light-toned conical pedestal. Beyond and at left is a taller, steeper mountain. Several hoodoos cluster around behind the central boulder. A few puffy white clouds appear at right. Canon 5DII, f/8, 35mm
July 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Disconnect: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#blackandwhite #stilllife #badlands #bones #newmexico #classicmono #eck
An inverted skull rests atop a pebble field in desert terrain. It is very white. One piece of bone seems to have fallen from the skull to the ground next to it. Four connected vertebrae rest atop a mudstone embankment, with larger rocks off to the left and above. The spine was found in proximity to the skull in the accompanying photo.
July 2, 2026 at 7:23 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
The rock in question: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#blackandwhite #infrared #landscapephotography #eck #classicmono #badlands #newmexico #hoodoos #wilderness
Two hoodoos loom over a deeply eroded clay and mudstone hillside, with a smallish boulder taking center stage at bottom. The lines of erosion all seem to point at this rock, making it the focus of the image. The sky is rendered black by red filtration. A pair of wispy clouds hang out at upper right. Canon 5DII, f/8, 27mm
June 24, 2026 at 3:32 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Stairway to heaven: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#stunday #eck #blackandwhite #classicmono #landscapephotography #badlands #newmexico #hiking #wilderness #erosion #geology #notrail #rockformation
A series of mudstone and weathered clay monoliths rise upward toward a rocky point and a single conifer, silhouetted against a puffy white cloud. The foreground slope has numerous grasses that add texture to the scene. Canon 5DII, f/8, 35mm
June 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Cul-de-sac: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#blueskyartshow #curve #eck #landscapephotography #badlands #erosion #geology #hiking #wilderness #blackandwhite #classicmono
View looking up a crumbling mudstone slope toward sheer cliffs of harder rock, topped by a rimrock that bulges out along its edges. The sky above boils with clouds. Canon 5DII, f/5.6, 24mm
June 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
The howling: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#rockintuesday #eck #badlands #hoodoo #caprock #newmexico #rockformation #erosion #geology #hiking #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #classicmono
A rampant hoodoo towers over the observer, projecting its caprock "head" into the sky, arching its "neck" backwards. Its base is composed of weathered clay and mudstone, with several angled boulders at lower right. Beyond its shoulder at right we see bright sunlight on a slope with a small tree at top. A feathery white cloud gives depth to the sky at right. Canon 5DII, f/5.6, 29mm
June 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Tortured terrain: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico. "Tortured" in a couple of senses: the complex geology itself, and the oil/gas extraction ongoing thereabouts.

#mountainmonday #eck #blackandwhite #classicmono #landscapephotography #newmexico #badlands #wilderness #hiking #hoodoo #erosion #geology
Hi-contrast study of a geologically complex zone showing rounded hillocks of dark, clay-like material at bottom, with zones of harder, steeper rocks above rising toward a prominence that is clearly stratified. A stubby hoodoo appears on the middle left horizon against a backdrop of fair weather clouds and sky. Canon 5DII, f/8, 32mm
June 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
The sweep of time: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#stunday #eck #erosion #geology #badlands #newmexico #hiking #wilderness #rockformation #landscapephotography
Detailed structural view of a sweeping, towering rock monument, which rises in an increasingly steep arc toward a top formed by an iron-colored capstone. The gap at left shows a mostly blue sky with scattered white clouds. Canon 5DII, f/5.6, 21mm
May 31, 2026 at 3:28 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Stoneflower: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#scape #eck #landscapephotography #classicmono #blackandwhite #erosion #geology #badlands #newmexico #rockformation #hoodoo
A multi-headed hoodoo draws attention at upper left, while in the background to its right a more elevated hill shows bands of stratification. Below the hoodoo a series of erosion channels lead downward to the bottom of the picture. A puffy white cloud intrudes at upper right. Canon 5DII, f/8, 27mm
May 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
Jaycee, it's in the Lybrook badlands of NW New Mexico. Study of a portly hoodoo.
May 28, 2026 at 3:53 PM
johnme23.bsky.social
At your own risk: Lybrook badlands, NW New Mexico

#badlands #blackandwhite #eck #landscapephotography #classicmono #newmexico #hiking #wilderness #rockformation #erosion #geology
A conical mound rests atop a series of tortured rock buttresses that appear to have deep cracks in them, the most prominent of which appears to lead underground. The surface of the surrounding terrain is mostly devoid of vegetation and littered with rocks of every size. A higher ridge with clear stratification can be seen in the background at upper right. The sun streams down from behind washed-out white clouds at upper left. Canon 5DII, f/5.6, 18mm
May 28, 2026 at 3:14 PM