People who know of Sheryl's and my travels ask about what we saw when we return. There's always some oddball place that they've never heard of. When we came home from our fall 2014 trip, people could see on our faces before they even asked that we had seen something spectacular. I stammer when I try to paint the visual picture of this unique place.

I show them this photo. It's like nowhere else.

And then they're amazed that they've never heard of it or seen photos of this place that seems like it must be frequently visited. When I relay how remote it is and the difficult, deep sand terrain to get to it, they understand better. I took the advice of my friend Dan Anderson and hired a local tour company that's properly equipped and has the resources to get you there and back safely. That was great advice. But a single day tour is simply nowhere near enough time. From the nearest town, it's more than 2 hours each way on slow, very bumpy high-clearance 4WD that requires deflating the tires and skill navigating routes that change after each rain.

Narrowing down a "favorite' image from here is an impossibility. However, I find this photo represents a cross section of the many facets of this unique landscape. The Worm Hole is a setting that features twisted, colorfully striped sandstone that is believed to have been formed by petrified lava.

The only danger at this place for me is in tripping over the uneven surface as I run between images to view nature's next amazing composition.

Because of the difficulty to get to, this landscape has only been known to the public since the mid-1960's. With few visitors (escorted mostly by local wilderness tours), this place is close to pristine, with little trace of human impact. White Pocket is without a doubt one of the most remote places we've been. Seeing this only makes us want to venture into the wilderness deeper and spend time in areas that potentially have never seen human traffic. Life changing!

Canon EOS 5D, Tamron 28-105 f/2.8, SP Aspherical LD @ 28mm, 1/250 sec @f/7.1, ISO equiv 200, Circular Polarizer, Gitzo 1349 Mountaineer Carbon Fiber Tripod, Gitzo G1276 Ballhead