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UTAH / ARIZONA : An introduction to the Colorado Plateau ~ Oct / Nov 1984(24) images

I'd spent a bit of time in the Moab area when we lived in SLC, but that was because we wanted to climb Castleton Tower. Other than that, I knew nothing. In 1984 Moab was still a sleepy little town. That fall, I spent a very quiet fortnight getting to know the area in solitude that is no longer available. Spent some time in Arches, Canyonlands/Dead Horse Point, Needles Overlook, Zion, Monument Valley and Havasu Canyon before flying home from Denver for Thanksgiving.  

LATE OCTOBER SUNSET AT DELICATE ARCH WITH THE LA SAL MTS IN THE BACKGROUND

FLAT BOULDER OUT AT DELICATE ARCH

SOMEWHERE IN ARCHES NAT PARK

LANDSCAPE ARCH, ARCHES NP, UTAH

LOOKING UNDER LANDSCAPE ARCH

LOW DOWN ON THE ROAD OUT TO ISLAND IN THE SKY

LATE OCTOBER SNOW ON MT PEALE 12721 FT IN THE LA SAL MOUNTAINS, COLORADO PLATEAU, UTAH

JUNIPER AND THE LA SAL MOUNTAINS

PETROGLYPHS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER NEAR MOAB, UT

THE LA SAL MTS FROM DEADHORSE POINT STATE PARK COLORADO PLATEAU, UTAH

LATE FALL VIEW OF THE LA SAL MOUNTAINS FROM DEADHORSE POINT STATE PARK, COLORADO PLATEAU, UTAH

MORNING VIEW TOWARDS ISLAND IN THE SKY FROM DEADHORSE POINT

MORNING VIEW FROM NEEDLES OVERLOOK

SELFIE AT NEEDLES OVERLOOK

SUNSET, COLORADO PLATEAU, UTAH

ANOTHER VIEW AS THE COLOR DARKENED

TEMPLE OF SINAWAVA, ZION NP, UT

EAST END OF ZION CANYON FROM WEST RIM

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE EAST END OF ZION CANYON

SUNSET, EAST MITTEN, NORTH BUTTE AND BOULDER IN MONUMENT VALLEY, NAVAJO TRIBAL PARK, ARIZONA

TOTEM POLE, MONUMENT VALLEY, NAVAJO TRIBAL PARK, AZ

SUNSET IN MONUMENT VALLEY, AZ

HAVASU FALLS, HAVASUPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, AZ

TRAVERTINE TERRACES BELOW HAVASU FALLS


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