We had 25 kts of southwest wind again. After the launch, clouds looked good in the north and east, so I decided to try going to Canyonlands because Yuliy had told me about its great landscapes. But to be honest, until I see it by my own eyes, I thought Grand Canyon was THE great landscapes around Parowan, and everything else was a subset of it. I was wrong. It is true that Canyonlands does not have cliffs as deep or as wide as Grand Canyon. But it has numerous small ones, all with different shapes and colors. They are very sophisticated and artistic. Also, they are spread over a wide 2-dimentional "area" as opposed to Grand Canyon's extending on a "line". So, when you do a 360-degree turn over both of them, if you are flying above Grand Canyon, you will enjoy the view only when you are facing it, but if you are flying over Canyonlands, you will always see something interesting in front of you. If I have a choice, now I personally prefer flying around over Canyonlands to Grand Canyon.
I took 95 photos and a few videos in this flight, but after taking all this, I felt that I just couldn't take enough photos of this place. There are too many interesting landscapes. Click here to see them.
I had to add that coming back 150 miles with 25 kts of head wind wasn't the quickest part of the flight. I'd love to visit Canyonlands again, but not on a day with 25 kts south wind!
Here are some of features I saw over Canyonlands and its vicinity.
The green belt that goes horizontally in the center of photo is a river. There is a village along the river.
This is my personal favorite place San Rafael Reef. The color looks much nicer in reality.
A ditch obviously made by a river long time ago.
Colorado river
A random pattern probably made by becoming a river and a lake many times over a long period, like an oil paintings.
There are lots of these "Island in the sky"'s as Canyonlands National Park calls them.
Flew 556km - but it wasn't the distance that was important of this flight
1 comment:
Wow Gen, I remember driving through Bryce Canyon a few years ago. Its very beautiful country.
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