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| Dave Beedon | profile | all galleries >> Places >> Utah >> Arches National Park >> Salt Wash Precipice Via "Direct Route" >> Salt Wash Precipice #2: The "alcove blob" | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map |
After leaving the Delicate Arch Trail I hiked on sand and sandstone to see what I call the alcove blob, a weirdly-shaped sandstone outcrop near Delicate Arch. The alcove blob is at the center of center of this WikiMapia aerial view. |
 The Delicate Arch Trail is not always this busy |
 Busy arch |
 Mystery hump |
 Delicate Arch (distant backside view) |
 Bland landscape conceals an exciting canyon (my goal) |
 Vegetated backside view of Delicate Arch |
 Canaigre (Rumex hymenosepalus) |
 Alcove blob |
 Outer wall of the alcove outcrop |
 Tracks by the alcove |
 Worshippers of Delicate Arch, as seen from the alcove outcrop |
 Inside the alcove |
 Inside the alcove, looking out (one descends into the alcove from the entrance) |
![Cracked mud on the alcove floor (width of view is about 8 inches [13cm] )](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/87331020.4vOyKqdI.jpg) Cracked mud on the alcove floor (width of view is about 8 inches [13cm] ) |
 Up against the wall (in the alcove) |
 Alcove tree |
 Another view out the alcove |
 More mud in the alcove |
 Feeling good about being there... (my assistant---Joe Tripod---felt good about being steady) |
 Low point inside the alcove: dried-up puddle |
 Holy sandstone, Batman! |
 Five-image panorama from atop one side of the alcove blob; Delicate Arch is hidden behind dark ridge at upper center |
 Carvings? |
 The alcove, from above |
 Alcove blob is left of center in this view from a neighboring blob |
 Pothole on a blob, about 15 feet (4.5m) above the ground |
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