North of McClure Pass, the Forest Service was performing a prescribed burn at the foothill of Mount Sopris (12,965 feet). Not a bad photo opp as well.
A prescribed burn at White River National Forest produces smokey conditions in Colorado.
Here’s some ground level images I captured with a regular camera at Bentonite Hills,Utah. These give you an idea of the starkness of this place. Looks of texture here.
I am on my way to Colorado this week to work again at the Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park and encountered some deep snow in the highlands of Utah, just east of Cedar City. This drive gets to about 10,000 feet in elevation.
Watch in HiDef at Full Screen.
Cathedral Gorge State Park is in Nevada but close to the Utah border. It’s in a remote location and gets little visitation but it is grand nonetheless. These Bentonite spires were formed through erosion over millions of years and seems prehistoric. I kept waiting for a Neanderthal to appear.
Of St George City Lifestyle Magazine. Photo is a reflection of Aspen Trees at peak fall colors. Click on link to view whole magazine issue.
https://citylifestyle.com/stgeorge/issues/2023-11
just another drive through the fog in your nearby town.
Especially from above.
I’ve driven past this area in Utah many times, passing Factory Butte and its badlands. But when you observe the landscape from above, a whole new world comes alive.
Erosion from wind, water and time have carved a masterpiece. The soft soil below is of Mancos Shale which produces a blue-grey color while the more erosion-resistant yellow Emery sandstone protects the tops.
Look for flyover video later today.
Including Flyover. Watch at HiDef at Full Screen.
How about a remote part of Utah near remote Capital Reef National Park. I ran into this place when I went to visit Bentonite Hills for a photo op. See Post.
The Mars Desert Research Station is a private research facility that efforts to assimilate existing on Mars and for space exploration in general. I did say hello to one scientist who was outside riding his bicycle. He wasn’t green or anything.
You can’t fly a drone on their property but you’re allowed to at the adjacent Bentonite Hills. See other post.
Didn’t see any Mars rover however.
It is a natural clay or ash that is produced from volcanoes. People have used it as a health aid for detoxification. When ingested, it helps to draw out the toxins that are present in your body. It aslo has many other benefits but definitely not FDA approved.
HOWEVER, I didn’t make a trip to a remote area of Utah for health benefits. From ground level you see layers of different colors present but it’s from above where you are amazed and flabbergasted. This is the reason why I bought a drone. The lines of color are formed when different minerals of different colors seep through the clay.
See companion video later today.
On some of these images, you’ll see me and my shadow. I look rather insignificant in this landscape.
