Skeletal
In these colorful, dusty badlands of central Utah, it wouldn't be too surprising to find the fossilized bones of giant ancient creatures exposed by the elements after a tremendous storm, but these skeletal (or are they millipede-esque?) forms are of course nothing more than the elements' persistent work eroding the Blue Gate shale that surfaces over wide areas west of Hanksville, Utah.
A few weeks ago, Sky, Josh and I met in Utah for our first photography outing all together in more than a year. We had heard that the region around Factory Butte had received a lot more precipitation than usual throughout the winter and spring, and we'd hoped to see the desert badlands abloom. But we were a little early as it turned out. There were quite a few scattered flowers, and we saw large areas of plants that had arisen from the dusty soils, poised to blossom soon, but they declined to do so while we were there.
Even so it turned out to be a great time, and a great place to break out the drone we'd brought and agreed to share. This was actually my first time playing around with drone photography in earnest, and I quickly caught the fever. I should have figured I would love it since I've looked out aircraft windows my whole life and marveled at the abstract beauties found when viewing the landscape below from on high. In this scene from a lower altitude, late golden light just before sunset provided beautiful accents on the ridges of the otherwise darkening blue badlands in their interesting forms.
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Skeletal
In these colorful, dusty badlands of central Utah, it wouldn't be too surprising to find the fossilized bones of giant ancient creatures exposed by the elements after a tremendous storm, but these skeletal (or are they millipede-esque?) forms are of course nothing more than the elements' persistent work eroding the Blue Gate shale that surfaces over wide areas west of Hanksville, Utah.
A few weeks ago, Sky, Josh and I met in Utah for our first photography outing all together in more than a year. We had heard that the region around Factory Butte had received a lot more precipitation than usual throughout the winter and spring, and we'd hoped to see the desert badlands abloom. But we were a little early as it turned out. There were quite a few scattered flowers, and we saw large areas of plants that had arisen from the dusty soils, poised to blossom soon, but they declined to do so while we were there.
Even so it turned out to be a great time, and a great place to break out the drone we'd brought and agreed to share. This was actually my first time playing around with drone photography in earnest, and I quickly caught the fever. I should have figured I would love it since I've looked out aircraft windows my whole life and marveled at the abstract beauties found when viewing the landscape below from on high. In this scene from a lower altitude, late golden light just before sunset provided beautiful accents on the ridges of the otherwise darkening blue badlands in their interesting forms.
Thanks for viewing!