Rock Textures

I love to find natural textures in nature. This is a close up of a rock found while hiking in Red Rock Canyon located west of Las Vegas, NV. Here is a picture of the whole rock.

One of the most fascinating and intricate, three dimensional textures I captured over the past couple of years was this sandstone found on the vertical face of a rock outcrop located in the Valley of Fire State Park, NV, that was situated nearly 70 feet in the air.

Again, located within the Valley of Fire State Park, I found this amazing texture filled with color and variation. As you can see from the picture on the right, I was unable to see its full beauty until I got it on the computer and was able to zoom in and blow up some of the more interesting parts.