http://www.oceanlight.com/log Photo of the Day by Phillip Colla Natural History Photography. Cool marine and wildlife photography, special photographs and images. Stimulating, esoteric and all-around cerebral commentary and information about stuff like blue whales, great white sharks and other oddities. Sat, 10 May 2008 06:15:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 There won’t be much blogging or posting of new images for a while. I am currently geotagging my images, and have tagged about 12,000 of my 20,000+ photographs. When the geotagging is completed there will be some interesting new possibilities for presenting the images, including incorporating global mapping ... http://www.oceanlight.com/log/geotagging.html The Wave is such a wonderful place, I still get excited looking at the images I photographed there a few weeks ago. I was fortunate to have near-perfect conditions to make my hike and take photos. I spent the entire day out among the North Coyote Buttes and ... http://www.oceanlight.com/log/the-wave-north-coyote-buttes-vermilion-cliffs-paria-canyon-wilderness-arizona.html The Second Wave is found a few hundred yards from the Wave itself. While the Second Wave is characterized by striated sandstone in the same way that the Wave is, beyond that it is quite different in appearance, having a half-hourglass shape and being somewhat lighter in color. ... http://www.oceanlight.com/log/the-second-wave.html Brain Rocks are found in the vicinity around the Wave. Here are some sporting a view across the Navaho sandstone of the North Coyote Buttes: Brain rocks, curious sandstone formations in the North Coyote Buttes. North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA. Image: 20611   Location: North Coyote Buttes, ... http://www.oceanlight.com/log/brain-rocks.html Sitting on the rim of the main bowl of the Wave – right where the photograph below was taken – I watched a couple of hikers arriving. There reaction was natural: no sooner did they step foot through the entry passage than they looked around at the strange surroundings ... http://www.oceanlight.com/log/the-heart-of-the-wave.html Before X-Games and Tony Hawk, nay even before Bahne skateboards, Chicago trucks and Cadillac wheels, there was the Wave. Formed in the days before mankind walked erect, indeed before there was a mankind, God created the ultimate skatepark, one that has yet to be improved upon. The Wave ... http://www.oceanlight.com/log/the-perfect-skatepark.html Not far from the Second Wave is a broad swatch of sandstone displaying exellent examples of diagenetic coloration, various iron oxides producing different colors in the Navaho sandstone strata, dating from the Jurassic era: Striations in sandstone tell of eons of sedimentary deposits, a visible geologic record of the time ... http://www.oceanlight.com/log/diagenetic-coloration-in-sandstone.html Walking around the area surrounding the Wave in Arizona’s Paria Canyon / Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, one is certain to find this interesting alcove. During the time of day that it lies in shade, it receives only deep red light reflected from neighboring walls. That, combined with its own ... http://www.oceanlight.com/log/hiking-the-wave-in-arizonas-north-coyote-buttes.html Once I reached the Wave and got over my initial wonder, I began to wander around and explore the whole area. For a photographer it is hard not to start taking photos as soon as one sets foot inside the Wave. Just like everyone else, I immediately shot ... http://www.oceanlight.com/log/a-day-at-the-wave-part-iv.html The walk to the the Wave is really not all that difficult. There are only a few hundred feet of elevation gain, and it is only about 3 miles from trailhead to the Wave proper, so one would be hard-pressed indeed to consider it anything more than a moderate ... http://www.oceanlight.com/log/a-day-at-the-wave-part-iii.html