The Pastel Rainbow Rock

On our first visit to "The Valley of Fire," one thing was immediately clear. The time we spent here was too short! We would see if we could schedule time at the end of the trip for an extra day in this laboratory of geology.
Moreover, since one of the routes, the route to "The Fire Wave," was closed due to the extreme heat, I wanted to return at all costs.
We continued our journey through Utah, Nevada and Arizona, returning to "The Valley of Fire" on our last full day of the trip. It remained exciting for a while, because hot, it still was. Was the route open now?
From a short distance away, I saw several parked cars at the beginning of the route. YES!
I practically jumped out of our camper, and soon we were on the trail. To be honest, "The Fire Wave" was different than in my representation. The Internet pictures were clearly manipulated. Actually, that was better too, because now I was allowed to form my own image of what I envisioned.
I will come back to "The Fire Wave" in another photo, as we continued our way along the unofficial trail, which had been named the "Seven Wonders of the World trail." Frankly, I think they are selling the trail, short with this name. You could hardly take a step without discovering a new WOW moment.
For me, the biggest surprise was the "pastel rainbow rock." That's not the name on it, but that's the name I gave it. I sat here for quite some time at first, because this doesn't exist, this can't be, and this is not real. And yet...
Edit:
Later I discovered the real name. "Crazy Hill"

This artwork is offered by Gerry van Roosmalen

My name is Gerry van Roosmalen, a professional photographer and author. After some travels in the business world, I decided to radically change the helm in 2002 and to fully focus on my passion: photography. Between 2002 and 2004 I visited the fotovakschool in Apeldoorn where I graduated in the courses of portrait and reportage.

In 2006 I decided to study documentary photography. In 2009 my first book was published about a project that I carried out in Greenland: "Why Greenland ..." This book is only available as an i Book.

In 2012 my book "Ode to Iceland" appeared. In this book I combined the images I shot during my various tours in Iceland with texts in which I tried to express my impressions and feelings that I experienced myself when I first faced the spectacular or sometimes just lovely landscapes of Iceland. The english book "Ode to Iceland" can be ordered in the iBook store

In my Webshop I collect the most beautiful images I made during my travels or sometimes just in the studio. If you do not have the right image for your taste, please feel free to contact me. Perhaps my archive with images contains something suitable for your home or business. Gerry@1ivision.nl

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