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Utah: Canyonlands National Park & Dead Horse Point State Park

77 images Created 8 Jun 2011

Photos from Canyonlands National Park, near Moab, Utah, by Tom Dempsey: Mesa Arch, sunrise, White Rim Road, Grand View Point Overlook on Island in the Sky, Colorado River canyons, Orange Cliffs Overlook, Green River in Stillwater Canyon, snowy Henry Mountains, Intrepid Potash Inc. Cane Creek Facility, snow on La Sal Mountains, Needles Outpost Campground, Lost Canyon to Peek-a-Boo Trail, Needles District, Echinocereus triglochidiatus (common name Claret Cup Hedgehog, Mojave mound cactus, or Kingcup cactus), Cave Spring Trail, and Historic Cowboy Camp.
Nearby, Dead Horse Point State Park provides a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River and high mesas and cliffs of Canyonlands National Park.

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  • Mesa Arch frames buttes back lit by sunrise at Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    06UT_2122_Mesa-Arch_Canyonlands-NP.jpg
  • Mesa Arch glows at sunrise in Canyonlands National Park, Utah in 2006. Panorama stitched from five images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    06UT_2137-2141pan_Mesa-Arch_Canyonla...jpg
  • Sandstone pillars rise above a hiker on Peek-a-Boo Trail, in Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA. The Permian rocks of the Needles District formed where red alluvial fans from the east interwove with white dunes from the west, making spires striped red and white.
    1503SW-1113-p1_Peek-a-Boo-Trail_Cany...jpg
  • A hiker passes through the arch on Peek-a-Boo Trail, in Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA. The Permian rocks of the Needles District formed where red alluvial fans from the east interwove with white dunes from the west, making sandstone spires striped red and white.
    1503SW-1121_Peek-a-Boo-Trail_Canyonl...jpg
  • Mesa Arch bounces golden light at sunrise in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    06UT_2155_Mesa-Arch_Canyonlands-NP.jpg
  • Echinocereus triglochidiatus (common name Claret Cup Hedgehog, Mojave mound cactus, or Kingcup cactus) is native to southwest USA and northern Mexico. Echinocerens is from the Greek echinos, meaning a hedgehog, and cereus meaning a wax taper. triglochidialus means "three barbed bristles" and refers to the straight spines arranged in clusters of three. Photographed in Lost Canyon in Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    1503SW-1153_Echinocereus-triglochidi...jpg
  • Mesa Arch bounces golden light at sunrise in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    06UT_2181_Mesa-Arch_Canyonlands-NP.jpg
  • The White Rim Road winds across a shelf in Canyonlands National Park, as seen from Grand View Point Overlook on Island in the Sky, above Colorado River canyons, in Utah, USA. (Panorama stitched from 3 photos.)
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  • A dwarf tree (natural bonsai) thrives in a sandstone crack in Lost Canyon, in Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    1503SW-1062_dwarf-tree-bonsai.jpg
  • From Orange Cliffs Overlook in Canyonlands National Park (Utah, USA), view the Green River in Stillwater Canyon, with the snowy Henry Mountains in the distance. (Panorama stitched from 2 photos.)
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  • Prehistoric hand pictographs,<br />
Cave Spring Trail, Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    1503SW-1274_hand-pictographs_Canyonl...jpg
  • Cave Spring Trail, Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA. The Permian rocks of the Needles District formed where red alluvial fans from the east interwove with white dunes from the west, making sandstone spires striped red and white.
    1503SW-1287_Cave-Spring-Trail.jpg
  • Historic Cowboy Camp, Cave Spring Trail, Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-1251-52pan_Historic-Cowboy-Ca...jpg
  • Mesa Arch frames buttes back lit by sunrise at Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    06UT_2112_Mesa-Arch_Canyonlands-NP-p...jpg
  • Intrepid Potash Inc. mines potash with a water dissolution and evaporation process at Cane Creek Facility, near Moab, Utah, USA. (Photo taken from a viewpoint on Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.) Water from the nearby Colorado River is pumped through injection wells into the underground mine. The water dissolves the potash from layers buried 3,000 feet underground. The mineral-laden water (brine) is piped to 400 acres of shallow ponds where the water evaporates, aided by 300 days of sunshine and very low humidity, leaving potash (potassium chloride) and salt (sodium chloride) crystals. A blue dye, similar to food coloring, is added to assist evaporation (saving the burning 400,000 tons of coal each year). The solar ponds are lined with heavy vinyl to prevent brine from leaking into the ground and the Colorado River. Holding ponds catch any spills and return potassium-rich brine to the ponds. The snow-dusted La Sal Mountains reach 12,780 feet in elevation.
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  • Mesa Arch frames buttes in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    06UT_2123_Mesa-Arch_Canyonlands-NP.jpg
  • Dead Horse Point State Park provides a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River and mesas and cliffs of Canyonlands National Park, in Utah, USA. The area was used in the final scene of the 1991 film "Thelma & Louise."
    06UT_2213-Dead-Horse-Point-SP.jpg
  • Mesa Arch frames buttes back lit by sunrise at Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    06UT_2192_Mesa-Arch_Canyonlands-NP.jpg
  • One of the many species of spiny lizard (genus Sceloporus) on Slickrock Foot Trail in Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    1503SW-1203_spiny-lizard_Sceloporus.jpg
  • Echinocereus triglochidiatus (common name Claret Cup Hedgehog, Mojave mound cactus, or Kingcup cactus) is native to southwest USA and northern Mexico. Echinocerens is from the Greek echinos, meaning a hedgehog, and cereus meaning a wax taper. triglochidialus means "three barbed bristles" and refers to the straight spines arranged in clusters of three. Photographed in Lost Canyon in Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    1503SW-1155-p2_Echinocereus-trigloch...jpg
  • Traverse a sandstone bench along Peek-a-Boo Trail with good views of Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA. The Permian rocks of the Needles District formed where red alluvial fans from the east interwove with white dunes from the west, making sandstone spires striped red and white. This panorama was stitched from 13 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-1125-37pan_Peek-a-Boo-Trail_C...jpg
  • A hiker crosses a sandstone bench on Lost Canyon Trail in Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA. The Permian rocks of the Needles District formed where red alluvial fans from the east interwove with white dunes from the west, making spires striped red and white.
    1503SW-1061_Lost-Canyon.jpg
  • Prehistoric pictograph,<br />
Cave Spring Trail, Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    1503SW-1261_pictograph_Canyonlands.jpg
  • Cave Spring Trail, Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA. This panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-1267-69pan_Cave-Spring-Trail.jpg
  • Ferns grow from a year-round water source along Cave Spring Trail, Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    1503SW-1264_Cave-Spring-Trail.jpg
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