Welcome back to the Sunday Stills monthly color challenge. It’s all about pink this month, and we celebrate pinks found in the outdoors. But any shade of pink will do wherever it is found. According to online sources, there are over 250 shades of pink: think shell pink, coral, fuchsia, rose, dusty pink, salmon, etc!
To start you off, here is something you won’t see every day! A pink rainbow created by smoke particles was reflected off this fiery August 2023 sunset at home.
“In the window full of sunlight / Concentrates her golden shadow / Fold on fold, until it glows as / Mellow as the glory roses.” – David Herbert Lawrence
This week, my focus is on pink colors found outdoors. I’m sharing views of private lands and spaces. I’ll also feature special attractions along with public lands. The US National Park Service recognizes June as National Outdoors Month. They also recognize the second weekend in June as Get Outdoors Day!
“Great Outdoors Month celebrations continue with National Get Outdoors Day, held on the second Saturday in June, is a nationwide event coordinated by the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable and the US Forest Service.” SOURCE
On our drive back home from our recent trip to Arizona, we drove on Highway 89 through Northern Arizona into Southern Utah. This entire area is known for its striking pink rock formations.
Horseshoe Bend’s coral pink rocks draw visitors to this attraction near Page, Arizona. Horseshoe Bend was created by the meandering of the Colorado River, sculpted into a horseshoe-shaped canyon.
Page, Arizona, was built in 1957 as a housing community. It was developed during the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam for workers and their families. The City of Page was obtained in a land exchange with the Navajo Nation. It sits adjacent to the Navajo Nation on the northwest corner of the reservation.
Just minutes from Page are the famous Upper and Lower Antelope Canyons, part of the Lake Powell Navajo Tribal Park.
The slot canyons are renowned for their pink and coral sandstone canyon walls and pink sand.
Heading north into Southern Utah, Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park attracts hikers and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) enthusiasts. We never manage to make this side trip. However, along the highway, there are hints of coral sand, as shown here.
Also in southern Utah are two well-known National Parks, Zion and Bryce Canyon. We have yet to visit Zion. But, we visited Bryce Canyon in April 2023. Winter snow still graced the pink and coral hoodoos, fins, and spires in the park at that time.
During another road trip in 2020, we drove from Sacramento to Nevada. We visited the Valley of Fire State Park. This is a must-see attraction, costing only a $10 entry fee. Particularly pink were the petroglyphs…
Or you can simply wear a pink shirt to blend in.
Perhaps the rocks love to show off their shades of pink, but I happen to know that spring and early summer sport plenty of flowers in unending shades of pink.
“The color pink is often associated with nurturing and love. It is believed to have a calming effect and is used in color therapy to help reduce feelings of aggression and resentment.” SOURCE
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post. Please use your own original images, whether new or from your archives.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently from mine.
- Please create a new post for the theme or link to a recent one.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
- I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.
Sharing for Johnbo’s Cellpic Sunday and Lens-Artists: Mellow.
I can’t wait to see how you interpret the various shades of PINK this week! Your pinks do not have to exist in the outdoors.
“Pink is a beautiful color, because it is one of the colors that the sun makes at twilight and in the dawns.” – C. Joy Bell
If you are participating in the photo challenge, creativity is encouraged, so please share your own photographs (old or new), poems, original short stories, and music inspired by the theme. Join me next week as we explore PATHS AND TRAILS.
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