Terry Alderman Photography

- White Pocket Tour -

Unlike other areas in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona that are frequented by visitors, White Pocket is a gem of a location often missed by those traveling through the area. This is likely due to the remote location of White Pocket, and the 4WD only vehicle access. However, don't let that keep you from one of the most photographically unique areas in the South-West! Terry has been taking photographic tours to White Pocket for years. He is fully equipped to tackle the rugged terrain and expose you to a scenic and photographic experience you won’t want to miss.

The sea bottom shallows are 5500 feet above sea level at the magnificent White Pocket area of Vermillion Cliffs. Plesiosaur type swimming dinosaur tracks from the Cretaceous period can be found in abundance, petrified in the white sections of the ancient sea floor sediment. White foamed "breakers," waves made of stone and petrified in time, amid finned track ways and distinct tail grooves, small and large.

Amid the fin marks are round "Pockets" which could well be prints of other creatures that were worn away by the swirling water of the "Breakers". These shapes feed the imagination like cloud images in the sky. A large duck foot? A mastodon print? Thoughts of all kind of animal tracks, viewing what looks like a dragging tail mark. Perhaps some dinosaurs did drag their tails after all… even human sized tracks shaped like a sandaled foot. However you won't find the famous 3 toed variety dinosaur print. You have to think aquatic at this amazing site!

One last mystery can be found in the perfect 10 inch round "White Pockets" that line the ridge. Sixty or more white and red pockets that fade into the red sandstone.

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