Colors of the Earth Gallery

At Mount Edith Cavell the earth is massive and imposing. Smooth white glaciers contrast the jagged orangey brown moraine and the rock and ice are reflected by the turquoise melt waters of Cavell Pond. Splash your face with water thousands of years in the making.

Further down the Parkway at Jonas Creek, the rock is ancient, by geological accounts, 500 million years of ancient. The earth here is spectacular, pinks and orange and purple, the colors of the Gog Quartzite, rock that is hard as steel, and as beautiful as a rainbow.

At nearby Horseshoe Lake, the earth is a study of motion, the rock angled, layered and striated, by the forces of nature. Despite the hard lines of the rock here, the colors speak of tranquility, peacefulness and calm. It is a haven, a retreat; one of those places where the connection is so strong you can both find yourself and lose yourself.

Further south, the Weeping Wall is a vista of blue, grey and silver. Wispy waterfalls streak the rock face here with spectral mists. This is a place to practice the long slow look.

My journey takes me past Vermilion Lakes and Mount Rundle to Kananaskis Country where in places, the rocks burn red.