Kansas Rocks

I’ve been surprised by some things in Kansas before, but nothing like visiting Monument Rocks and Castle Rock in western Kansas. It’s kind of amazing that I had not been to either place before, but I’ll go back many more times in the future. Monument Rocks is south of Oakley on US Hwy 83, and Castle Rock is 15 miles south of Quinter. These limestone formations were originally formed 80 million years ago. And since the formations are made of soft limestone – they are continually and quickly changing. Another good reason to go back often. My ideal shooting day at either site would be a beautiful, puffy-cloud day that is followed by an awesome thunderhead, lighting storm and then hard rain. The storm would move on quickly and open to an amazing sunset. Perfect. Here are several photos from that trip. The ‘panos’ were shot with my iPhone and a very cool app called “Pano.”