Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA
Featured in “National Parks of the World” – August 2009.
Featured on a “National Parks” theme Homepage – 2008.
Beams of light from the rising sun (behind the camera location) appear through a cleft in 3000 foot high cliffs of vermilion-colored sandstone.
[Vermilion Cliffs National Monument – official website]


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Di Jenkins
very dramatic! wonderful image!
Matt Halls
Beautiful perspective & result…nicely taken!
Peter Hill
Exclamation mark. Exclamation mark.
Seriously, the tonal aspects enhance the angular effect. So much so that I can’t grasp the cropping extent or whether it’s just the cliffs pointing upwards. whatever, the perspective gives an interesting result. Cool.
Travis Easton
Spectacular, wonderful composition, texture, angles, everything standout shot Brian.
stephaniek
Fabulous! You must have done some serious hiking to get this great shot!
Inishiata
congratulations on the Home Page feature. Wow – almost looks surreal – Great image.
Elaine Harriott
Great perspective, what a wonderful shot. Congrats being on the home page!
Stuart Rose
wow, thats about all i can say WOW
Joanne Bradley
Wow! Spectacular! Congrats on making homepage!
Paul Vanzella
I love Arizona!!!! THIS IS BRILLIANT!
paul winninghoff
awesome scale!!! and Scope!!
Jelynn
WOW! i feel like im so right there!!! Beautiful shot!
aroha
amazing shot! I can’t work out if you’re looking down or up…?? intriguing!
R. Jason Smith
I LOVE the perspective!
kaylarenee
oh how I wish to visit arizona, My mother and boyfriend both lived there! Wonderful perspective and I love how youve caught the sunbeams perfectly!
Bruce Dickson
Fantastic shot and framing … all of your images appear to be excellently photographed. Lots of inspiration.
Jack McCallum
This is bloody brilliant!
jacqi
Unbelievably awesome – next holiday is Arizona
Iani
Superb
EarthGipsy
Awesome shot Brian.
Marvin Tunstall
Awesome!
Teresa Zieba
Bravo!!!! Spectacular work. Congrats on your feature.
Stephen Colquitt
Great walls – must be a climbers paradise around here
Lisa Roberts
What an incredible view! Lovely x