Best Of 2024

Images from 2024 that stood out for me. Includes pics from Southern Utah, Northern Arizona, Colorado Autumn Colors and  California’s Central Coast. Music is Freestyle by Orbital. Watch in HiDef at Full Screen. Most of these images are for sale as prints and wall art at.  https://www.dawn2dawnphotography.com/galleries

 

Images From Utah’s Amazing Factory Butte Badlands

Shot from above, this landscape provides a series of images that defy description. From ground level, these badlands look rather pedestrian. Enjoy. These images can be purchased as prints or wall art at. Dawn2Dawn Photography

 

Aerial view of the Mancos-Shale Badlands surrounding Factory Butte at the Factory Butte Recreation Area just east of Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. The colorful deposits may be either sulphur or Jarosite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Video Of Utah’s Lush and Healthy Dixie National Forest

I see a lot of national forests out west looking like they are being ravaged by blight and disease . And they are. But Utah’s Dixie National Forest in as vibrant and green as it gets!  Watch in HiDef at Full Screen. Music is Doris Dub by Tosca.

Over Utah’s Desert Landscape

An aerial video at the badlands of Factory Butte just east of Capitol Reef National Park. Watch in HiDef at Full Screen. Music is Parade by Rone.

Aerial View Of Long Dong Silver

Followup video to yesterday’s post of still images.

The Unusual Is The Usual In Utah

From Yesterday.

An unusual sandstone rock formation called Long Dong Silver near Hanksville, Utah

 

 

 

Maybe I’m Amazed

At the aerial video view of the fresh snow at the Kaibab National Forest in Northern Arizona. The Kaibab is adjacent to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. This access closed Sunday for the winter season so I was happy to get over there this past week. Watch in HiDef at Full Screen.

 

More Still Shots From Snowy Kaibab

Snow is very ephemeral here in the Southwest so you better get out and capture it or the snow will be gone by noon. Even though I had a 2 hour drive to get to the Kaibab National Forest, the temperatures were still in the mid 20s when I arrived around 9 a.m. I believe I had the whole place to myself except for the 2 snowplows.

 

Fresh snow has fallen at Kaibab National Forest near Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

 

 

 

 

Drone View

 

 

 

The Ravens do not practice the LEAVE NO TRACE doctrine.

 

Unfortunately this part of the forest was scarred by fire a few years ago.

 

“The Eagle Has Landed”

I got lost in space last week but made it safely back to Earth…….

Cottonwoods At Peak

Cottonwood Trees thrive near rivers and lakes because they absorb lots of water. If we have normal rainfall that year, we’ll see lots ofCottonwoods in full color during autumn . Here I captured the colors via drone. Watch in HiDef at Full Screen. Music is aptly named “Fly Me Away” by Goldfrapp.