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The City of Rocks National Reserve near Almo on the southern border of Idaho is a popular area for rock climbing as well as hiking and sight-seeing. The massive granite formations are beautiful, and much larger than they appear from a distance! It is hot and dry during the summer months, but on this early May morning the air was cool and comfortable. I hiked before dawn along one of the reserve’s popular trails, and as the sun began to rise, I left the trail and scrambled around on some of the rock formations looking for just the right view. As the sun crested the rock pinnacles I snapped this image, capturing the scrubby trees in the foreground, and the sun-star peering over the granite formations in the distance. I loved seeing how the trees grew in these harsh conditions on the granite, and their resilience was inspiring.
Horizontal orientation.
The City of Rocks National Reserve near Almo on the southern border of Idaho is a popular area for rock climbing as well as hiking and sight-seeing. The massive granite formations are beautiful, and much larger than they appear from a distance! It is hot and dry during the summer months, but on this early May morning the air was cool and comfortable. I hiked before dawn along one of the reserve’s popular trails, and as the sun began to rise, I left the trail and scrambled around on some of the rock formations looking for just the right view. As the sun crested the rock pinnacles I snapped this image, capturing the scrubby trees in the foreground, and the sun-star peering over the granite formations in the distance. I loved seeing how the trees grew in these harsh conditions on the granite, and their resilience was inspiring.
