Badland images, for me, have almost every element I find interesting about landscape photography; soft color palettes, tones, textures, shapes, and intricate details.
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Dustin Gent wrote:
really nice. Is this Cainsville Badlands? BLM just opened this up to OHV, which is now destroyed sadly
That is really upsetting. The area is truly unique in all of America. I've gone there quite a few times, the last time being April of this year. There were new (since my visit the previous November) illegal tracks going way up and around the bottom of the tallest formations at Skyline View, AKA Moonscape. Soil around there is quite soft, and a track from just one dirt bike is extremely visible and remains for a long time. The first time I saw this place I thought it would eventually be destroyed, and it was well on its way. Then ATCs were confined to "Swingarm City" in 2006 due to two endangered cactus species that were being destroyed along with the entire landscape. That gave me hope that the area could recover and be a great place again. It did mostly recover, except for ongoing illegal tracks that many ATC riders can't seem to resist creating. I've never seen a BLM officer on patrol out there. They are ridiculously understaffed and not very capable of enforcing the rules even when there are some, and many ATC riders seem incapable of following rules unless someone is there enforcing them.
Countless ATCs and their tracks along with the accompanying noise and dust will make this area not worth visiting almost instantly. Another piece of America bites the dust, along with Bears Ears and Escalante-Grand Staircase. The Utah National Parks are still intact, but most (as around Moab) are so crowded they are like a Disney World with less parking.
My apologies for the somewhat incoherent rant, and yes, it's a very nice photo.
