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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

"House on Fire" Ruin

We spent a few days based in Blanding, Utah, to revisit the Cedar Mesa area which contains many pueblo ruins set in a very dramatic landscape.

One spot that I had seen images of and wished to visit is a ruin informally called "House on Fire".  When the light conditions are right, the weathered underside of the overhang that the ruin was built under gives the illusion of flames coming out of the structure.

A few images from the hike up the south fork of Mule Canyon to the site.





Interesting seed pods


The ruins were built under an overhang along the canyon wall.



The "House on Fire" illusion


I found it interesting that someone had provided this box containing information about the site.


A couple of images from the hike out





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