Dead Horse Point, Utah

An early evening storm moved in, complete with threatening dark clouds, just as the setting sun was lighting the distant cliff faces.

Explored July 24, 2021

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Canyonlands, Utah

The Shafer Trail connects the Island in the Sky portion of Canyonlands with the park’s lower reaches. It is a delicate business getting up and down, involving many switchbacks and hairpin turns, but the ride is totally exhilarating.

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Canyonlands, Utah

A view from the White Rim Overlook of the erosion-torn lands below.

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Moab, Utah

The Fisher Towers, carved from early Permian sandstone and capped with early Triassic sandstone, are much more substantial than sand castles on a beach, but will share the same inevitable fate, one grain at a time.

The snowy peaks of the La Sal mountains stand in the background.

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Canyonlands, Utah

During a stormy afternoon a hardy juniper tree divides our attention between the curves of the Green River on the left and Candlestick Tower butte on the right.

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