At Malapai Hill
33°56’16.68″N 116° 4’54.99″W
Trek Date: 2013 Nov 11. Adventurers, Elliot Koeppel & Murbachi
(2D images first. 3D Galleries further down the page will require red–cyan glasses to see the full 3D effect. Click Photos to Enlarge.)
2D Balanced Rock Selections
Moon-Rock
2D ♦ 3D Anaglyph ♦ 3D Half Side-by-Side
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3D Anaglyph Gallery
Nature’s Symmetry in 3D
(Three favorites. Elliot Koeppel photographs the big rock. Click to Enlarge. Half Side-by-Sides can be found at bottom of page.)
Whimsical
Chewbacca’s Toy
Additional 3D Anaglyphs
Waiting for a 7-Point Earthquake
“I prayed, but my prayers went unanswered” — Murbachi
3D Half Side-by-Side Gallery
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Thank you!
I sincerely hope that you enjoyed viewing the Balanced Rock of Malapai Hill as much as I did photographing it. It was a beautiful clear day at Joshua Tree National Park. And I am certain that if this boulder could express itself, it would also thank you profusely. Consider: This granite pebble has stood just as you see it on its windswept pedestal through rain, howling wind, blinding baking heat, sonic booms, coyotes piddling on it, and the occasional idiot trying to push it over, for tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, hoping for just this chance to show off its virtues in 3D.
John Murbach
Temple City, California
Posted 2014 Nov 08
Updated 2017 Nov 10