COURTESY PHOTO Daniel Kinoshita visited the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona during a tour of the Southwest. The canyon is about a mile deep and 18 miles wide.

The Southwest

PHOTOGRAPHER and world traveler Daniel Kinoshita took a trip in September to the southwestern part of the United States and shot beautiful picutres of the area known as the Colorado Plateau. The Plateau covers the four-corner region of the Southwest that comprises Western Colorado, Northwest New Mexico, Southeast Utah and Northern Arizona.

In this two-part "Portfolio," we display Kinoshita's mastery behind the lens at such sites as Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley, Lake Powell, Antelope Valley and, of course, the Grand Canyon.

Today's page features the glorious natural formations of the Grand Canyon, Arches and Antelope Valley.

Stay tuned for more next Monday.

COURTESY PHOTO In Arizona, Antelope Canyon's slot canyons are so closed-in that in some places a person can touch both sides with their hands.

COURTESY PHOTO Arches National Park contains 950 natural arches, the greatest concentration in the world. Nature carved the arches out of sandstone and formed, through erosion, pinnacles, spires, sliprock domes and balanced rocks. A picturesque silhouette of trees was taken from a hiking trail at the Utah park.

COURTESY PHOTO A balanced rock formation.

COURTESY PHOTO Double arches at Arches National Park.