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Gordon Smith  > Landscapes > Arizona > Coyote Buttes South & White Pocket
Coyote Butte South is not as well-known as the more popular Coyote Buttes North but it is more remote and personal. So far, I have two trips out to Coyote Buttes South. The first time I visited Paw Hole and loved the waves in the rock here. The road in is very deep sand and I slightly deflated my tires for better floatation on the sand. Then about a mile hike in the sand gets you to this remarkable place! Whew! The colors and lines just go crazy in all sorts of incredible patterns that are similar to "the Wave" of CB North. I thoroughly enjoyed this visit and found great photographic potential here.

My second trip was to White Pocket and a brief one because of 70 mph wind gusts, but I managed to enjoy it and plan to return. These pictures are are shown second in this gallery.
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Gordon Smith > This may be my favorite picture from Paw Hole.  Initially, I did not pick it out as a choice to really develop but I later found that when I was deciding which old files to throw away. I really like the colors and the lines that lead across the picture.
Gordon Smith > This is apparently picture. It is a combination of eight different frames stitched together. Click on the picture to see a larger version. It should give you better sense of how it is to really stand there in front of these beautiful sandstone structures.
Gordon Smith > These lines go over little waves in the sand
Gordon Smith > Beautiful wall details.
Gordon Smith > Lining up to infinity.
Gordon Smith > Paw Hole #3
Gordon Smith > It was very hot. I went there in June and the sun was beating down.  I found a shady spot behind this rock tower for my lunch and a reprive from the rays.
Gordon Smith > Very large fins of sandstone or on another tower of sandstone that I discovered a little south of the first area.
Gordon Smith > A color version of that same thing.
Gordon Smith > A shot back at the main area from across a small ravine.
Gordon Smith > Paw Hole sand and stone.
Gordon Smith > Colorful badlands I discovered along the road to Paw Hole.  I'd never seen such a lovely color of yellow in the form of dirt!  Sporadic cloud cover made it all the more special.
Gordon Smith > White pocket is an area approximately 7 miles southeast from the wave. It is accessed through Coyote Butte south roads but does not require a permit. It has a lot of white brain rocks but incredible colorful rocks that show through where the light has been eroded.
Gordon Smith > Brain rocks. It is called white pocket because pools of water collects where there are depressions in the rock.
Gordon Smith > Empty pocket. White pocket is an area where there can be water collected and this is an empty pocket. One can easily see the water lines. My wife decided to lay down and rest in this location.
Paw Hole #3
Gordon Smith > Paw Hole #3
Paw Hole #3
Camera: Canon (Canon Eos-1ds Mark Iii) |
more details: exif |
original size: 1500px x 1076px |
Current: 600px x 430px |
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Keywords: hole paw coyote buttes paw hole
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