#Utah’s west desert

[utahunfiltered]

A long abandoned cabin somewhere in the southern end of the San Rafael Swell. Nobody seems to know anything about it or that it even exists. It’s in pretty good shape. We like to camp here.

#utah #pioneers #desert #no filter #utahunfiltered #sanrafaelswell #public lands #utah photos #old west

[jmpphoto]

Monsoon Rainbow Sunset by James Marvin Phelps Via Flickr: Monsoon Rainbow Sunset Snow Canyon State Park Utah August 2023

#utah #snow canyon #snow canyon state park #desert #red rocks #landscape #canyon #sandstone #pothole #pothole reflection #nature #outdoors #west #usa #james marvin phelps photography #rainbow #water #sunset #monsoon #flickr

[rabbitcruiser]

Colorado National Monument (No. 19)

Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma)

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Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)

Description: may grow up to 9 m tall, although average height is 3-6 m. Seedling leaves are 5-10 mm long and needle-like in appearance. Mature leaves are 1-2 mm-long scales that hug the stems tightly. Bark is fibrous and often twisted. Cones are 8-13 mm in diameter and look like waxy, blue-brown berries 8-13 mm. This species is evergreen.

Range: occurs throughout the Rocky Mountain Region from Utah to Colorado, north to Montana, and south to New Mexico and Arizona. It grows throughout Colorado National Monument.

Did you know: the blue "berries" of the Utah Juniper are actually cones, making the Utah Juniper more closely related to a pine tree than to any true berry-producing plant. Various Native American groups in the desert west used Juniper "berries" medicinally, ceremonially, or secularly as beads. Today, we use the sour-tasting cones of the Juniper to flavor gin (which fittingly derives its name from Dutch jenever, meaning "juniper").

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#Utah Juniper #Colorado National Monument #Colorado #Colorado Plateau #summer 2022 #Mesa County #cliff #canyon #red rock #rock formation #geology #flora #nature #tree #desert #original photography #vacation #USA #travel #Mountain West Region #juniper berry #grass #dead wood #blue sky #clouds #tourist attraction #landmark #landscape #countryside #Book Cliffs

[thorsenmark]

Hoodoos and a View Beyond at Rainbow Point (Bryce Canyon National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the north while taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations at Rainbow Point in Bryce Canyon National Park. My thought on composing this image was to take advantage of the color contrast between the nearby hoodoos with its reds and oranges along the escarpment edge with that of the greens of the evergreen trees in the lower valley and canyon area. I decided to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward as I felt it better brought out that view to allow the eyes to slowly move across this national park landscape and be drawn into the image.

#Aquarius Plateau #Azimuth 349 #Black Butte #Blue Skies #Brian Head #Bryce Canyon #Bryce Canyon National Park #Central Utah Plateaus #Colorado Plateau #Day 4 #Desert Landscape #Desert Mountain Landscape #Desert Plant Life #DxO PhotoLab 5 Edited #Eastern Edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau #Eroded Formations #Evergreen #Evergreens #High Desert #Hoodoos #Horseshoe-shaped Amphitheater #Intermountain West #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Layers of Rock #Little Creek Peak #Looking North #Nature #Nikon D850 #No People

[inonibird]

Visited Zion National Park for the first time last weekend~

#photography #Utah #nature #landscapes #mountains #desert #hiking #Scout Lookout #West Rim Trail #Checkerboard Mesa #Riverside Walk #Inoni Sighting #it was HOT on one day #and mercifully cloudy the next #anyway it still blows my mind how close stuff like this is to me

[wwiiiart]

Go West. Water Color

#wwiiiart #i make art #scenic #desert #big rocks #art therapy #reds #orange #yellows #warm colors #watercolors #sunset #sun chasing #life is art #art is life #Arizona #utah #nevada #out west #western

[thegreatmoof]

#utah #desert #water #too many Californians fleeing west and turning everywhere else into California 2.0

[photosbynimit]

Somewhere in Utah

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#utah photographer #art collector #salt lake city #sunset #utah #west coast #lake #winter #alpenglow #sony alpha #drone #drone photography #dji #desert #southwest

[okckent]

On the road in Utah

#roadtrip #Utah #ontheroad #desert #far west

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

ok im reading (listening to) a study in scarlet for the first time and i was not expecting the heartwarming wild west adoption story of theeee classic trope of a gruff adventurer man and a little girl to be sandwiched in the middle of sherlock holmes deductions 

#is it wildly inaccurate about the american west? do i hate how disparaging it is to the desert? yes #but it was interesting and unexpected #i love getting a perspective on what someone in 1890s britain thought about events in the american west and utah etc

[jmpphoto]

Monsoon Sunset by James Marvin Phelps Via Flickr: Monsoon Sunset Snow Canyon State Park Utah August 2023

#utah #snow canyon #snow canyon state park #desert #red rocks #landscape #canyon #sandstone #pothole #pothole reflection #nature #outdoors #west #usa #james marvin phelps photography #reflection #water #sunset #monsoon #flickr

[fredvanhoof]

Mexican Hat Utah

#utah #mexicanhat #roadtrip #USA #west #desert #landscape #noir&blanc

[interestos]

Monuments of the Navajo Nation • Monument Valley . . . . #interestos #oc #interestos0c #photography #photo #wanderlust #wild #outdoors #ourplanet #nature #travelgram #adventure #naturephotography #travel #travelphotography #explore #utah #arizona #desert #west #nativeland #navajonation (at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CghxL4JvOhp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#interestos #oc #interestos0c #photography #photo #wanderlust #wild #outdoors #ourplanet #nature #travelgram #adventure #naturephotography #travel #travelphotography #explore #utah #arizona #desert #west #nativeland #navajonation

[thorsenmark]

Celebrating the Heritage of Our National Parks in Capitol Reef National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While hiking the Chimney Rock Trail with a view looking to the west to the namesake formation in Capitol Reef National Park. I used the high ground I was on to look down on it and perhaps create more of a sense of grandeur.

#Azimuth 266 #Blue Skies with Clouds #Capitol Reef National Park #Central Utah Plateaus #Chimney Rock Trail #Colorado Plateau #Day 3 #Desert Landscape #Desert Mountain Landscape #Desert Plant Life #DxO PhotoLab 5 Edited #Fish Lake Plateau #High Desert #Highway #Intermountain West #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Layers of Rock #Looking West #Monocline #Nature #Navajo Sandstone #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Partly Cloudy #Project365 #Rolling Hillsides #Scenics - Nature #SnapBridge

[aradxan]

#IFTTT #Flickr #arizona #utah #monumentvalley #navajonation #tribalpark #desert #landscape #sunrise #sandstone #redrocks #nature #beauty #usa #west #southwest #sky #clouds #themittens #westeastmitten #jamesmarvinphelpsphotography #starburst

[purpleelephanthappiness]

#cowboy #cowboys #horse #sunset #wild west #western #country #mojave #desert #poster #art #artwork #illustration #utah #wildwest #southwest