Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft above the valley floor. It is located on the Arizona-Utah border, near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the territory of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163. Monument Valley is officially a large area that includes much of the area surrounding Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, a Navajo Nation equivalent to a national park. Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Director John Ford used the location for a number of his best-known films and thus, in the words of critic Keith Phipps, "its five square miles have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West."—Wikipedia This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
Goulding's Lodge, formerly known as Goulding's Trading Post, is a lodge, trading post, and museum located just north of the Arizona-Utah border, adjacent to the Navajo Tribal Park in Monument Valley. Harry Goulding introduced director John Ford to Monument Valley where he shot several of his classic westerns. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Movie director John Ford to use Monument Valley as location from 1939 to 1964 to make a total of seven movies. Outside the museum against the rising rocks, the 'Captain Nathan Brittles' Cabin' is located just behind the museum; for the movie 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon' that was filmed here in in Monument Valley in 1949. Originally, this building was Mrs. Goulding's potato cellar, the shed structure was used for exterior shots of the personal quarters for the Cavalry Post's commanding officer Captain Nathan Brittles, played by John Wayne.-Wikipedia
Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley along with Washington Column located to the north side of the valley in Yosemite National Park, California. This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
