The World's Most Beautiful Places
A view of Onion Creek in the Fall, in the Professor Valley, East of Castle Valley and Moab, in Southeastern Utah. In the distance are the snow-capped La Sal Mountains. The leaves on the trees are turning yellow and red muddy water flows through this otherwise dry desert landscape.
The area is popular with hikers, cyclists and OHV users.
Horseshoe Bend is a spectacular desert landscape located just south of Page, Arizona and Glen Canyon Dam. Through this area flows the Colorado River, which originates in the high mountains of Colorado (La Poudre Pass near Grand Lake) and flows across southern Utah into Lake Powell, the Grand Canyon, Lake Meade and down along the Nevada, Arizona and California borders, until it empties into the waters of Baja, California in Mexico. Horseshoe Bend is one amazing twist or bend along the river, that from the view point in Page, drops nearly a thousand feet to the river bed. In hydrology terms its known as an incised meander.
What used to be a relatively unknown spot when I photographed it in 2010, now sees nearly 2 million visitors a year.
And if you find yourself in the area there is a view point of Glen Canyon Dam (looking North) just up the road that is equally spectacular.
National Park Service – Horseshoe Bend Overlook
YTravel – Visiting Horseshoe Bend
The Indiana World War Memorial was built in 1924, as the centerpiece of a five city block plaza intended to honor the veterans of World War I. The construction of the plaza was in part intended to draw the newly formed American Legion, a non-profit organization dedicated to US war veterans, to establish its permanent headquarters in Indianapolis.
The World War Memorial was modeled after the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of the original seven wonders of the world, located in Anatolia (now Turkey). The modern use of the term mausoleum comes from this tomb, and the ruler it was built for, Mausolus.
The photos feature the interior of the memorial, specifically the shrine room, includes the American flag, the star of destiny, and 40 foot columns of marble from Vermont. The other photo is the exterior and features the Pro Patria “For Country” statue.