We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts…

- William Hazlitt.

|| insta || blog || photostream ||

I have not been posting to Flickr regularly for the past ten days. This time though, I have a good reason. After a long time, we finally managed to take a break from the daily grind and were able to get back into a bit of traveling. So the week before Christmas, we drove through southern Arizona and enjoyed some of its iconic desert landscapes. I am still going through the images from the trip, but let's get back to posting photos from the beautiful state of Nevada.

In my recent posts, I went on about not stopping at the Instagram spot at the Valley of Fire SP but never gave a reason for where I was planning to spend that morning. Well, it's this spot known as the crazy hill. I had heard about it on our first visit but never managed to find it, but this time I had better luck and knew the location. Having never seen an image of the place, I was unsure what awaited me or how I knew if I was at the correct location. However, I need not have worried as the location truly lived up to its name. As you can see from these images, the swirling pattern of intense colors was instantly recognizable and set against the blue sky, making a compelling scene. It’s a must-visit spot if you ever get a chance to visit the Valley of Fire State Park.

Taken in: United States / Nevada / Silver City (historical) (show map)

Taken on: November 25, 2022

Tags:

Nevada

USA

Valley of Fire SP

Valley

Fire

Events;

Winter

Road

Trip;

Publish;

Flickr;

Landscape;

Subject;

Badlands;

Desert;

Hills;

Leading

lines;

Rocks « less

Sets appears in: • Valley of Fire • Desert more » • The Silver State!! « less

Camera: Nikon Z 9, f/6.3, 1/800 sec, 24mm, ISO 64 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 9
Lens:	NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	64
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 24.1 (Windows)
Show full info

Stats: 1,109 views / 4 comments

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder