Utah: Timeless and Elegant

We made it home yesterday from our third trip in three years to the deserts of Utah. Our truck and camper are covered with mud, our boots are filled with sand but we would go back today if possible. Utah really is an incredible place and I'm already planning next year's trip.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed being there in those moments!

Sunset over Factory Butte:

DSC07764-Factory Butte by Al Trujillo, on Flickr


View Point Rock near Hanksville:

DSC07609 View Pt Rk by Al Trujillo, on Flickr

A wash in the Bentonite Hills:

DSC07576 Cow Dung by Al Trujillo, on Flickr

Along the Fremont River:

DSC07494 Fremont II by Al Trujillo, on Flickr

Another from the Fremont River:

DSC07491 Fremont by Al Trujillo, on Flickr

How slot canyons begin:

DSC07395 Baby Slot by Al Trujillo, on Flickr

Beautiful Hoodoo during blue hour with the Henry's in the background:

DSC07332 White Hoodoo by Al Trujillo, on Flickr

Milky Way at Temple of the Sun. A little explaining is warranted with this image (and I have debated whether I should post it or not)...we are fully aware that light painting is not permitted here and we had no (repeat - NO!) intentions of doing so ourselves. If you look at the Temple you can see the light came from a source to my left where there was another group who had no qualms about painting. They told us their plan was to remain there and shoot all night and so it didn't appear that it would stop. We had driven a long way over an insufferable road and wanted to get our shots and leave. It was likely we would never return to Cathedral Valley so we set up and tried to take pictures between the other groups efforts. It didn't happen for long though so we shot away. Definitely an ethical dilemma whether to post this one.

DSC07230 MW Temple of the Sun by Al Trujillo, on Flickr

Two drone images from the Bentonite Hills:

DJI_0073 Bentonite 1.1 by Al Trujillo, on Flickr

DJI_0056 Bentonite 2.2 by Al Trujillo, on Flickr