Above is this weeks free desktop. This week from southern Utah, back to a park seen featured here many times before, Bryce Canyon National Park. For those out there not familiar with Bryce Canyon, the main feature of the park is erosion shaped pillars of colorful limestones, sandstones, and mudstones called hoodoos. The views visitors are able to get from its many easy and not-so-easy accessible overlooks are simply magnificent. It is possible on clear days to see over 100 miles from some points, but even on the days when this isn't possible, you're still rewarded with staggering, expansive views of the surrounding mountains and plateaus. The picture featured this week was taken June 2005 at Piracy Point looking NE. Honestly, I'm not 100% sure on the formations out there, but my best guess is straight out, center, about 1.25 miles is Noon Canyon Butte, stay center and go left is Mud Canyon Butte at 2 miles, futher left is Swamp Canyon Butte about 2.5 miles away and back to center around 4 miles out are the Pink Cliffs. I do know that at 8800 ft, this point affords expansive views of the southern Utah landscape. Offering some 50 miles of excellent hiking trails which take you into the heart of the park, thus enabling a close up experience well worth the effort required tackling the terrain, this park rocks on hiking. But a word of warning before you head out, the elevation here is 7000 to 9000ft and the fact that most trails end with you coming back up, out of a canyon at the end (not the easiest thing if you're one not use to the elevation, I speak from personal experience here (; ) caution should be exercised here, just don't over do it. That said, go have some fun! Bryce Canyon is a park which can offer extented opportunities for many days of exploring, or if you wish, one can still have rewarding experience in just a single, wonderful day.