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Monument Valley last light
Monument Valley
by Maurizio Fontana

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Monument Valley
Monument Valley
by Yi Jiang

Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation.

Monument Valley
Monument Valley
by Matteo Rinaldi

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Monument Valley
Monument Valley approach from Agathla rock
by Matteo Rinaldi

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El Capitan (Agathla Peak) 2163 m, AZ
Monument Valley approach from Agathla rock
by janos.hajas@yahoo.de

Agathla Peak was once a volcano, where the lava hardened within the vent to a hard rock ("volcanic plug"), while the surrounding softer rocks were eroded over millions of years, forming this needle.

Three Sisters
John Ford's Point
by Yi Jiang

Monument Valley

By all means use some time to be alone…
John Ford's Point
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Edward Young.

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This is one of the most popular spots at Monument valley but people usually shoot from the other side. This is where you can pay $15 and get a shot of yourself on top of a horse watching over from the sandstone cliffs. The day we visited was Thanksgiving Day and hence there were nobody here and I like this view better than the traditional shot of this location.

Our guide told us that usually people have to wait a lot to get a clear shot here. I am glad we took Thanksgiving day to visit..

Monument Valley
Monument Valley
by Yi Jiang

Star Trail on Monument Valley

Moonrise over Monument Valley, USA
Moonrise over Monument Valley, USA
by Adelheid Smitt

A waxing moon is rising on a clear evening overlooking the Three sisters of Monument Valley. A first star is also visible.

After posting, unfortunately I notice quite some banding due to Flickr's compressing of the image.

Monument Valley Sunrise
Monument Valley

Monument Valley on a beautiful but bitterly cold morning. Shot from near "The View", a hotel with, not surprisingly, a wonderful view of "The...

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Dawn's first glow
Monument Valley from Hunt's Mesa

First rays of sunlight strike the cliffs in Monument Valley (Tse'Bii'Ndzisgaii), as seen from Hunt's Mesa.

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Monument Valley
Monument Valley
by Yi Jiang

Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation.

A movie sunset
Monument Valley
by David ruiz luna

Monument Valley meaning valley of the rocks. It is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes. It is located on the Arizona–Utah border, near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163.

This photograph is taken from a viewpoint which is located at the entrance of the park. It is a classic photograph of this fantastic place. The interesting moment of the photograph is that at sunset, the shadow of the tower on the left is projected on the tower in the middle; achieving the effect of a hand with a separate finger.

Of course, when you go to take this photograph it will not be an easy task. You will find thousands of tourists who want to take a selfie. In fact, if you look closely, you will see some shadows of some legs on the rock in the foreground on the right. These, I could no longer remove.


Monument Valley que significa valle de las rocas. Es una región de la meseta de Colorado caracterizada por un grupo de vastas colinas de arenisca. Está ubicado en la frontera entre Arizona y Utah, cerca del área de Four Corners. El valle se encuentra dentro del rango de la Reserva de la Nación Navajo y es accesible desde la U.S. Highway 163.

Esta fotografía está tomada desde un mirador que está situado a la entrada del parque. Es una fotografía clásica de este fantástico lugar. La gracia del momento de la fotografía, es que en el momento del ocaso, la sombra de la torre situada a la izquierda se proyecta sobre la torre del medio; consiguiendo el efecto de una mano con un dedo separado. Por supuesto, cuando vayáis a hacer esta fotografía no será tarea fácil. Os encontrareis miles de turistas que querrán hacerse un selfie. Si os fijais bien vereis unas sombras de unas piernas en la roca del primer plano situada a la derecha. Estas, ya no las podía quitar.

Monument Valley, Utah, United States September 2016

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Monument Valley sunset
Monument Valley
by Maurizio Fontana

USA 2011 - Monument Valley

John Ford's Point
John Ford's Point
by Yi Jiang

Monument Valley

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page…
The Totem pole and Yei Bi Chei
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Saint Augustine.

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Totem pole at monument valley is always an amazing sight. I was a bit limited that day regarding composition as they only allowed us to certain parts of the valley. I have seen some photographs of this beautiful location with sand dunes as foreground interest with the beautiful sandstone formations bathed in beautiful pink light from the setting sun and was hell bent on taking a similar shot. I made this shot using a short-tele focal length to compress perspective and stitched 4 images together to get wider view. Hope everyone likes it.

Now for the shameless plug, my images will be on display at the A-Frame Hollywood gallery and if you are in the location please do drop by and say hello.

I believe I can even yet remember when I saw the stars for the first time…
Monument Valley
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Max Muller.

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This one is a panorama shot of the Monument valley in Utah Arizona border just after the sun has gone down and the clouds were lit up in warm pink glow. I took this shot during the guided tour, we were actually coming back from the tour but the guide was gracious enough to stop the car for us and show us a good location to shoot from.

I could see the light fading while I was taking the shots and was a little worried that it will go completely dark before I completed the panorama shots. I am so glad that the light prevailed and I was able to get the shots complete. Hope you all like the outcome..

The soul that is within me no man can degrade…
The Totem pole and Yei Bi Chei
by Sandeep Thomas

-Frederick Douglass.

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Sorry for the break from posts, sometimes I am rudely reminded that I have to work for a living ;D. This shot was taken during the guided tour of the monument valley. This was actually our last stop as the light was falling quite fast and we had to get back.

The Totem pole and Yei Bi Chei are absolutely stunning during the late afternoon light. I just wish we had a chance to go to the other side and get a shot of these beautiful formations with the sand suns as foreground. Thanks for visiting hope you are all having a happy holiday season.

There is nothing permanent except change…
The Totem pole and Yei Bi Chei
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Heraclitus.

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Took this shot during the guided tour of Monument valley, we were near the Totem Pole location and our guide informed us that we will not be able to go to the dunes which were located on the other side of the pole. I was a bit disappointed but decided get some decent shot while we still had some light. Then I noticed this Mesa on the opposite side with some beautiful undisturbed dune formations. The light was perfect and I had all the time in the world to create this shot.

It’s a panorama stitch shot with about 4 pictures in portrait mode stitched together. I hope we will get a chance next time to visit the other side of the totem pole and the other valleys in this beautiful location the next time we drop by. Thanks for visiting my stream, hope you have a good day.

Agate House - Petrified Forest National Park
Agate House - Petrified Forest National Park
by Andrew Kearns

8 image pano. Simple- hiked out, waited for sunset, pressed the button.

During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks…
Ear of the Wind
by Sandeep Thomas
  • John James Audubon.

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Another shot from our tour of monument valley, this particular location is called the ear of the wind. I don’t think I did justice to the sheer size of this location in my photo since I used a wide angle lens. We were here on Thanks Giving Day just before sunset so the valley had hardly any visitors. Our guide told us that this is usually a crowded location, but we had enough time to walk around and truly enjoy the place with our 5 people strong tour party. This one was one of the rare times I got a view without anyone in the frame.

Hope you all like it.

Sunrise Monument Valley
Monument Valley

A very cold January morning in Monument Valley. Enjoy...


Technical Details; Camera; Canon...

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Creation Monument Valley
Monument Valley from Hunt's Mesa

After photographing a colorful sunrise from the east rim of Hunt’s Mesa, I made my way back to the northern part of the mesa to capture this more...

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Monument Valley - USA
Monument Valley - USA

Early morning light, 10 min after sunrise, deep in to Monument Valley, far away from the regular tourist roads. Image is part of the south-west tour....

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blue hour
Monument Valley
by David ruiz luna

The blue hour is the period of twilight when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon and residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue shade, which differs from the one visible during most of a clear day, which is caused by Rayleigh scattering.

The blue hour occurs when the Sun is far enough below the horizon so that the sunlight's blue wavelengths dominate due to the Chappuis absorption caused by ozone. Since the term is colloquial, it lacks an official definition similar to dawn, dusk, and the three stages of twilight. Rather, it refers to a state of natural lighting that usually occurs around the nautical stage of the twilight period (at dawn or dusk).


La hora azul es el período del crepúsculo en el que el Sol se encuentra a una profundidad significativa por debajo del horizonte y la luz solar indirecta residual adquiere un tono predominantemente azul, que difiere del que se ve durante la mayor parte de un día despejado, que es causado por la dispersión de Rayleigh.

La hora azul ocurre cuando el Sol está lo suficientemente por debajo del horizonte para que dominen las longitudes de onda azules de la luz solar debido a la absorción de Chappuis causada por el ozono. Dado que el término es coloquial, carece de una definición oficial similar a amanecer, anochecer y las tres etapas del crepúsculo. Más bien, se refiere a un estado de iluminación natural que generalmente ocurre alrededor de la etapa náutica del período crepuscular (al amanecer o al atardecer).

Monument Valley, Utah, United States September 2016

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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
Monument Valley
by Kari Siren

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What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well…
Monument Valley
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

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This shot was taken when my family visited and we took them on a road trip across south west. They got to experience the American deserts in their whole July glory. It was fun to see people from India complain about heat, even though we are originally from a cooler mountainous area rather than some of the more hotter regions. This was basically one of the few shots I was allowed to take as it also doubled as a rest stop.

The sunset was pretty faint that day and the sky didn’t had too much drama either so I decided to make stretch pano shot to capture the vastness of the scene. As the fall is setting in I cannot wait to get out and capture some fall colors.

trunk and rocks
South edge of the Rain God Mesa
by David ruiz luna

Navajo Nation Reservation Monument Valley, Navajo Nation Reservation, Utah-Arizona, United States

September 2016

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Full moon
Monument Valley
by Kari Siren

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah

Entrance to Petroglyph Canyon- Petrified Forest National Park
Entrance to Petroglyph Canyon- Petrified Forest National Park
by Andrew Kearns

7 vertical images stitched together in PS. Lee 3 stop ND filter. I hiked an old road to a part of the park called Petroglyph Canyon. It's an are not frequently visited. I suggest you talk to a ranger if you want to visit this area. The rock formations are pretty incredible- one in the image I made looks like a skull- and there are some interesting petroglyphs in the area.

Monuments on Fire
Monument Valley

Sunrise at Monument Valley, Arizona, USA.

An intense sunrise that quite nearly required de-saturating things. Once the sun came up, the light...

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Monument Valley Glow
Monument Valley

This was one of those sunrises where everything seemed to come together perfectly. I had gotten up early enough to find the best spot I could to...

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Navajo County!
Most notably Andrey Sulitskiy, Yi Jiang, Maurizio Fontana and Sandeep Thomas.