When National Geographic Society (NGS) did an expedition to
Southern Utah in 1949, the NGS explorers named this area as
Kodachrome Flats, because the colors of these rocks were said to
be as vivid as those in Kodachrome films. Had Japanese been there
first, the area would have been named Fuji State Park or Konica
State Park.
Today we are living in the digital age, and thus you don't need
Kodachrome films to photograph this state park.
In this state park there
are 67 multi-colored sand pipes, ranging from 6 to 160 feet. One
of the most well-known pipes is called Chimney Rock, as shown in
the second picture above.
Recently I took
several rainbow photos (e.g. Glacier National Park and Sedona) and
you may suspect whether the rainbow above is real. Yes, it is
real. After leaving Cottonwood Canyon Road and before entering Kodachrome Basin State Park there was a slight thunderstorm, and
the rainbow appeared after the T-storm.
