by Lui Umano | Aug 8, 2015 | August 2015
Where Wahweap Creek cuts into a layer of 160 million-year-old Entrada Sandstone, overlain by a layer of hundred-million-year-old Dakota Sandstone, the erosion of the exposed wall has created the marvelous white columns of the Wahweap Hoodoos. As the wall has receded,...
by Lui Umano | Jul 30, 2015 | August 2015
Not long ago I decided that I wanted to catch a sunrise from one of my favorite locations on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Black Balsam Mountain Overlook. In spite of really being conscientious about arriving on time, I was delayed in my departure from Asheville; and as I...
by Lui Umano | Jul 25, 2015 | July 2015
Pale jewelweed (Impatiens pallida), like its cousin, spotted jewelweed (I. capensis) is a lovely, French horn-resembling blossom that is prolific in the Southern Appalachians in July and August. According to folklore, wherever Nature creates a botanical peril, it...
by Lui Umano | Jul 18, 2015 | July 2015
I do not think it is possible to know a place well by visiting it only once; and I want to know the places I visit well. So I return time and time again because the place is always different; the conditions are always different; and the images I create will always be...
by Lui Umano | Jul 10, 2015 | July 2015
The upper slickrock in Zion National Park is one of my favorite places. While Zion Canyon is truly incredible, the opportunity to play among the petrified dunes of Navajo Sandstone ignites a creative spark that never seems to be extinguished. In the never-ending folds...
