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Northern Utah is not well known for landscape photography, I hope I can help to change that image just a little.
Sunset on the Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the photo.
Shot from in the water, picking my spot and then standing still waiting for the water to return to its peaceful state to capture this magnificent scene. The natural beauty that I have seen so many times; always takes my breath away.
The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.
Utah turns green in the spring, but the color doesn't last long, and soon this area will be brown and Currant Creek; a small trickle. This is part of Goshen Canyon and the Wasatch Range in the background.
This was shot in Arches National Park and this small beautiful canyon was used for the opening sequence in the movie Indiana Jones and the last crusades.
Taking a leap of faith with Base Jumper Nicole at the Black Dragon formation in Utah. During my last trip my friend Scott managed to arrange shooting some base jumping fanatics at an area near Moab. I was to shoot from above and Scott was going to be shooting from across the canyon for a side view. I have rarely needed to photograph in shutter priority mode and this was a chance to learn something new about my camera. It was such a rush to stand at the top and photograph the falling jumpers, so much so that I was having trouble holding the camera still without shaking, my nerves were on edge and since this was the first time witnessing somebody jumping off of a 500ft cliff was an adrenaline rush even without having a chute on my back. As she stepped off of the brink I could hear her speaking to god. 🙏
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Fantastic display of clouds and far away storm. The raw power of nature's glory.
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Gemma
Copyright ©Maria Gemma June, 2015
This place is where early Mormons settled. It's no wonder why they chose these spots; they are splendid!
One thing I love about the American Southwest. There is such an abundance of beautiful vistas to see. Taken at Arches National Park.
Bryce Canyon National Park, a sprawling reserve in southern Utah, is known for crimson-colored hoodoos, which are spire-shaped rock formations. The park’s main road leads past the expansive Bryce Amphitheater, a hoodoo-filled depression lying below the Rim Trail hiking path. It has overlooks at Sunrise Point, Sunset Point, Inspiration Point and Bryce Point. Prime viewing times are around sunup and sundown.
D&RGW SD50 No. 5508, SD40T-2 No. 5353 and SD50 No. 5505 pull Rio Grande train No. 136 through a photogenic four-degree curve three miles east of Springville, Utah the morning of Aug. 6, 1988. A lenticular cloud formation cloaks the peaks of 11,752 ft. Mt. Timpanogos on the northeast corner of Utah Valley.
In geomorphology, a butte (/bjuːt/) is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller land-forms than mesas, plateaus, and tablelands. The word "butte" comes from a French word meaning "small hill"; its use is prevalent in the Western United States, including the southwest where "mesa" is used for the larger land-form. Because of their distinctive shapes, buttes are frequently landmarks in plains and mountainous areas. In differentiating mesas and buttes, geographers use the rule of thumb that a mesa has a top that is wider than its height, while a butte has a top that is narrower than its height.(Wikipedia)