Red Rock Canyon State Park is about 25 miles north of Mojave on Highway 14 in Kern County. It is a beautiful area of cliffs, washes, badlands and beautiful rock formations. The park is located where the southernmost tip of the Sierra Nevada converges with the El Paso Mountains.
On Saturday, my photography group was here. It was at least 100 miles from me, and since we were car pooling, I have to be up by 4 a.m. and our team left at 5:00 to be here by 7a.m.
The sun was behind me and the light just hit the rocks at the right time.
I like to play with my shadows, the only time this petite looks tall.
This is a huge park, and this is the Red Cliffs Natural Preserve. There is the Hagen Canyon just across the highway, and that would be a whole different colors and rock formations. And that was where I slipped and scraped my knee. I held on to my camera, no damage done, thank goodness.
Its great to be outdoors, I will never ran out of photos to share.
This area has frequently been used as a filming location for motion pictures, television series, advertisements, and rock videos. Examples are Jurassic Park, I’ll be Home for Christmas, and one of my favorite TV show Airwolf (mid 80′s) with Jan Michael Vincent. Destiny’s Child also did some of their video shoot here.
Red Rock Canyon State Park
Kern County, CA
February 25, 2012
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carolynusa from Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States
February 27th, 2012
awesome place…awesome pics! getting up early to catch the beautiful light was worth it, right?
Sherry in MT from Helena, MT, United States
February 27th, 2012
What a pretty place and worth the early rise to get good light (those photogs are all about that – LOL). Jan Michael Vincent – there’s a flashback.
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Carver from Raleigh, NC, United States
February 27th, 2012
What a beautiful place to hike and explore. Fantastic shots of it.
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Sylvia Kirkwood from Tacoma, WA, United States
February 27th, 2012
Such a dramatic looking place and how wonderful to be able to explore it! Your captures are terrific as always, Ebie! I do love your LONG shadow! Hope you have a great week!
Sylvia
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Jonah from Burnaby, BC, Canada
February 27th, 2012
Love the scenery
Eileen from Parkton, MD, United States
February 27th, 2012
Ebie, the red cliffs are gorgeous. And I love the long shadow shot. Great captures of this beautiful preserve. Have a great week!
Sallie (FullTime-Life) from United States
February 27th, 2012
I’m so sorry about your knee, but I almost think it was worth it! That golden cliff is just absolutely priceless. Thank you for sharing this lovely trip.
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Indrani from Bangalore, Karnātaka, India
February 27th, 2012
These are superb. Got to satisfy myself with these till I actually get to see.
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Rajesh from Bangalore, Karnātaka, India
February 27th, 2012
Amazing landscape. Natures beauty in abundance.
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Carol @ Always Thyme to Cook from Bellmore, NY, United States
February 27th, 2012
Beautiful pictures! LOL that your shadow is tall! Sorry about your knee. Jan Michael Vincent was very cute
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ellen b from Kirkland, WA, United States
February 27th, 2012
Ebie! How fun to be part of a photography group. Glad you held onto the camera and came out O.K.!
Beautiful photos…
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Mama Zen from Norman, OK, United States
February 27th, 2012
What perfect light! Just awesome!
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Geogypsy from Phoenix, AZ, United States
February 27th, 2012
I can never get enough of the red rocks, and like to play with shadows too. Didn’t know about this park when I lived in Bakersfield many eons ago.
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Andrea from Philippines
February 27th, 2012
The colors of the rock profiles are beautiful and it is so awesome thinking that each layer means maybe formed in centuries! You are so privileged to be is such magnificent landscapes!
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Jenn from Philippines
February 28th, 2012
Beautiful scenery and the golden ray of the sun adds drama to the rocks. You are blessed to have such gorgeous landscape within reach.
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Deli from Philippines
March 4th, 2012
The shots are beautiful
Airwolf was one of my favorite TV shows, too, in the 80s 
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