What are the minority scenic spots in the western United States?

How much do you know about minority scenic spots in the western United States? Has everyone been there? The following is a small scenic spot in the western United States that I shared. Welcome to refer to!

Famous scenic spots and truth in America and the West.

This time my own route is to start from Texas, pass through New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and then return to Texas directly. I know that people are not interested in seeing the route, so let's talk about the popular attractions often recommended by National Geographic magazine. Is it fun or not?

Marfa, an art town in the desert.

Anyone who is slightly interested in fashion and contemporary art has inevitably heard of the town of Marfa. If you can't remember it at the moment, I'm sure you will feel particularly familiar when you see this photo.

This unique pop architecture experiment in the desert is the most popular Instagram background in the United States today, which is located on the roadside leading to marfa. This photo of James Evans is beautiful, and the advertisements in many big magazines are amazing, so what is it actually like? Look at the photo taken by my mobile phone without makeup ↓

Well, if the weather is fine, shoot it with a professional camera and then PS it a little. It's quite a movie here. It's great to drive past Prada in a remote place. But in this building, mosquitoes fly densely, cobwebs are firmly and densely tied, and it has become an insect world. This may be part of the artistic conception, right?

When you enter the town of marfa, you won't feel artistic, but it's similar to the town you saw in the westerns before. Small enough and narrow enough to walk the whole town without 1 hour. I choose to stay in El Paisano. With the experience of Hollywood celebrities such as james deen, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, this hotel is the most legendary representative of the town.

Apart from the small room, old things and bad breakfast, this hotel is actually quite interesting to live in, especially because every corner is full of dramatic tension (lol is my own brain).

This is the night view of the hotel I took. At night, many people wear small dresses and drink cocktails outdoors, which is very old-fashioned.

You can't see the Milky Way in the season, but if you have a good chance of seeing the Milky Way when you go, I recommend staying in El Cosmico. This family is camping, so you can book a small tent to live in, which is very special. Moreover, the sky map taken with the shiny tent as the foreground is really beautiful. Let's enjoy some other people's works:

Tent interior

If I will go to Mafa again in the future, it must be to shoot the starry sky in El Cosmico.

Solve the housing problem, and then eat. Mafa doesn't have many restaurants to choose from. There is a good American Italian restaurant called Stellina, and I even took a picture in front of it. Ha ha.

This Stellina is a typical small fresh taste, but the ingredients are good and can still be eaten. After all, there are too few restaurants to choose from

Seasonal tomatoes with olive oil and vinegar in summer are really delicious.

Breakfast in all hotels in marfa is said to be terrible, so I decided to find my own place, and I really found it! This cafe is called "coffee at will". It is said that artists from all over the city come here for breakfast. Well, I don't know anyone, but coffee and doughnuts are really delicious!

The door looks like this.

There is a family cafe, which is quite comfortable.

Coffee and doughnuts really exceeded expectations.

If you arrive in marfa in the evening, you can drive to the nearby tracks to watch the sunset. This town can often see wonderful sunsets.

I took it, Will. By the way, I'll give you a landmark to recognize.

As soon as the sun set below the horizon, Xia Hong rose, very beautiful! Please give me a card from Will. Everyone thinks the sky is so exaggerated, pink and gold ↓

Although I like the sunset on the tracks best, most people come to Marfa to visit Chinati Foundation (the hottest contemporary art center in America).

Because I don't know much about contemporary art, I reported a guided tour. The commentator will briefly talk about the historical background, but please feel for yourself. I'm ashamed. I still can't feel why. Even I took photos, but I don't have a PS. Let's reflect the real scene.

In a word, if you love contemporary art, especially donald judd's works, then Marfa is worth a visit. If, like me, you can pass by Mafa when arranging the self-driving route, I also recommend going for 2 days 1 night.

Pasir Ris Town Park

After leaving marfa, the second stop is Baisha National Monument. Many American magazines and fashion brands like to shoot picture books in Baisha Park. I didn't know why before I went. match

Let's see what blockbusters on the Internet look like.

Compared with perfect photos, the real scene is almost the same, but Baisha Park is still very shocking, especially when the sunset is slanting on the sand dunes in the evening, and the beauty is somewhat different from that on the earth.

Will took it for me with a SLR. The picture is clean without any retouching. Later, I thought it was because the white sand on the ground played a role in filling the light. This is also the reason why people love to come here to take portraits: a whole piece of white sand is a natural reflector, and even if you bow your head to the light, your face will not be black!

American White Sands National Park sounds like a big scenic spot, but it's not particularly big, and the sand dunes are short. Park tickets 5 beautiful scenery can be played for 7 days, which is really exciting! The car can be driven in and it is not difficult to play. I wear hiking shoes because I'm afraid sand will get into them. In fact, I can play with sandals. This is a classic that I think is completely in line with the magazine recommendation, and it is well worth visiting.

The world's largest array of radio telescopes

On the way to Arizona, we passed the very large array (VLA), the largest radio telescope array in the world. It is said that the discovery of aliens depends on this.

This is a must for astronomy enthusiasts/geeks. After all, through these telescopes, the MIT scientific team confirmed the Einstein ring for the first time:

Many sci-fi movies are also filmed here, the most famous of which is Jodie Foster's Contact with Time and Space:

Of course, you need tickets to be so close to the telescope like stills, and you have to hurry, so you bought a set of astronomical knowledge Q&; A's little card, make a standard "visit here" outside, and then set off for the next stop.

Antelope Valley &; Rattlesnake valley

The third stop, I live in Page, which is also a frequent choice for China tour groups. Even so ... I'm disappointed that there is no delicious Chinese food! Nine times out of ten people who live here are tourists to Antelope Valley and Grand Canyon. In fact, the antelope valley is beautiful and strange, but! This is by no means the case ↓

Are we going to mass-produce gourd dolls or what?

I think many scenic spots in America have been destroyed by photos of excessive PS. Antelope Valley is a typical example. Everyone must play these scenic spots with a normal heart. Both antelope valley and rattlesnake valley change with the change of light. Generally, when the sun shines obliquely in the morning and evening, we mainly look at the color and the light beam at noon. It was noon when I went, so the color was not bright, but you saw the light column?

The density of tourists in Antelope Valley is really high, so it is best to choose the off-season.

These valleys are all in the autonomous region of India, so you have to join a group to play. I signed up for an ordinary group myself, and the price/performance ratio is ok. There is also a professional photographer group, which feels that the cost performance is not high and the requirements are quite high. In fact, the most important thing to play in this valley is that there are few people. So I prefer rattlesnake valley. It is said that there is also a valley with fewer tourists, called X Canyon. You can study it if you want to go. PS。 My favorite old movie "raiders of the lost ark" was also shot here, but not in the valley, but at the top of the valley.

Indiana Jones Round

After all, it is a classic scenic spot, not just running around the bottom of the valley. My favorite way to visit Antelope Valley is boating. The antelope valley is actually very long, with a natural reservoir in the middle. Our family rented a kayak for two, blowing the cool breeze on the lake and rowing a "canoe" across the valley, which was another interesting experience.

Grand Canyon National Park

If there is any scenic spot that is much more real than imagined, it is the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is said to be a heart disease for American landscape photographers, because no one can restore the grandeur of the Grand Canyon. No wonder I didn't grow a grass in the Grand Canyon before ... I really can't see why in the photo.

This one has been taken very well, and it is even uglier when it is taken by itself. After research, it is found that the depth of the Grand Canyon is beyond the camera's restoring ability. I see a deep rift valley, which looks like a hill in the photo; Secondly, no matter how wide the wide angle is, it can't capture the breadth of the Grand Canyon. There is a lot of dust in the valley of the Grand Canyon and the wind is particularly strong. It's all gray, and I don't know.

Don't underestimate this scenic spot just because I took a bad photo of Will with my mobile phone ~

Horseshoe bend and grand staircase national park

Besides Antelope Valley, there are many scenic spots to play near the Grand Canyon. Let's talk about the equally famous horseshoe bend. Generally speaking, the horseshoe bend on the internet is such a photo that explains everything.

In fact, I have never seen such a "sincere" scenic spot, which is basically the same as the network map. The following is what I took:

In fact, horseshoe bend, like the Grand Canyon, is a scenic spot that photos can't be restored. If you live not far from horseshoe bend, don't miss it. On the day I went, someone got married on the cliff. The white wedding dress fluttered in the wind, and the guests at the ceremony held torches in the twilight, which had a unique romantic atmosphere. Unfortunately, all the photos were not developed in the film machine.

In addition, there are many outdoor holy places near the Grand Canyon, such as Grand Step National Park, which are highly recommended by locals. Please recognize your face.

If you rent a four-wheel drive and love cross-country, then this city-sized wild park is definitely your paradise! But I drive my own four-wheel drive SUV, so I can't go deep into the hinterland. It doesn't really make much sense.

A mirage on another planet.

When we put this photo in the Weibo, everyone was asking where the background was. In fact, it is the Monument Valley at the junction of Utah and Arizona.

The place where I took pictures is Forrest Gump, and its name comes from the famous "running scene" in the movie Forrest Gump:

Along the road where I stand, I have been in a meeting to see the whole Monument Valley, as if an illusion of a different world suddenly appeared in front of me, and the experience was like a mirage. That's why I like driving very much. You can often suddenly see a stunning scene on a boring road. This festival is fascinating.

Speaking of Monument Valley, I think it is a must-see spot, which is really strange. No wonder I made a magic movie like 200 1: A Space Odyssey here. Will and I took some photos together:

Monument Valley is not only strange in the shape of stone pillars, but also strange in the weather. Often encounter white clouds and dark clouds, half heavy rain and half sunny.

We drove on the broken road in the scenic spot. It was sunny on the left, and a cloud of dust mixed with rain floated over on the right. It was amazing.

This scenic spot is actually very big. If you want to have fun, it will take at least a whole day. This is the first American scenic spot in my heart at present. Don't miss it.

Arches national park-arches national park

Arches national park is the last scenic spot I visited, so I can drive all the way in. It's not difficult to play. Personally, I like this park very much, because I saw a very interesting landscape. I feel that the stone pillars form a wall, and the city gate comes, revealing the snow-capped mountains behind. I may not have that momentum when I shoot, but I will have the illusion that I am about to enter an ancient civilization.