The Beehives : Massive and austere . . .

            The was taken on board a coach travelling along Zion Mount Carmel Highway after passing the East Entrance and Zion Tunnel.  The off-white peaks beyond the chocolate-brown sandstone mounts is called the Beehives. The glass of the window gave the image a bluish-grey tint. Against a clear blue sky,  these mountains peaks looked austere, surreal and indescribably beautiful.  At this point in time, the beauty is clinical.

Bee Hive is located north of the park headquarters at the south entrance to Zion Canyon. The east face of Bee Hive, named The Streaked Wall, rises 2,900 feet (880 m) above the floor of Zion Canyon. Neighbors include Altar of Sacrifice and Meridian Tower to the west, and The Sentinel to the northeast. The peak's descriptive name is for the beehive shape of the summit. This name was officially adopted in 1934 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. A prominent feature of the 229-square-mile park is Zion Canyon, which is 15 miles long and up to 2,640 ft deep. The canyon walls are reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone eroded by the North Fork of the Virgin River. The lowest point in the park is 3,666 ft at Coalpits Wash and the highest peak is 8,726 ft at Horse Ranch Mountain. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety of life zones that allow for unusual plant and animal diversity. Numerous plant species as well as 289 species of birds, 75 mammals, and 32 reptiles inhabit the park's four life zones: desert, riparian, woodland, and coniferous forest. Zion National Park includes mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches. (Wikipedia)

(Explored: Sep 17, 2022 #38 )

Taken in: United States / Utah / Oak Creek Residential Area (show map)

Taken on: August 18, 2017

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