Snow Canyon State Park is about 15 minutes from where I live. When big cloud formations build on a day when the air is clear, I like to head to the park at sunset.
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On the Verge of a Slide – Snow Canyon State Park
Snow Canyon State Park is about 15 minutes from where I live. When big cloud formations build on a day when the air is clear, I like to head to the park at sunset.
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Glen Canyon Alstrom Point – Lake Powell Overlook – Sunset
This is a view from Alstrom Point overlooking Lake Powell and Glen Canyon. It is from May of 2020. Water levels keep receding, marinas have closed and boat activity is down.
Alstom Point is in Kane County Utah.
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Hurricane Valley Car Light Trails at Sunset
Hurricane, Utah was first settled in 1896, and received its name after a whirlwind blew the top off a buggy in which Erastus Snow was riding. Snow exclaimed, “Well, that was a Hurricane. We’ll name this ‘Hurricane Hill’.”
Hurricane, which is pronounced “Her-ah-kun” by local residents (mimicking the accent of early Liverpudlian settlers), is in eastern Washington County.
Situated on Utah State Route 9, Hurricane lies between Interstate 15 and Zion National Park, and as a result has numerous motels, restaurants and other commercial establishments that serve a portion of the millions of tourists that visit Zion National Park each year.
The above info is from Wikipedia.
Quail Creek State Park and Sand Hollow State Park are minutes away from the spot in which I took this image.
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Duck Dive at Sunset: Quail Creek State Park, Utah
Quail Creek State Park is very close to where we live. It’s a small but popular park for fishing, boating, kayaking, and hiking.
Quail Creek reservoir was completed in 1985 to provide irrigation and culinary water to the St. George area. Most of the water in the reservoir does not come from Quail Creek but is diverted from the Virgin River and transported through a buried pipeline.
Two dams form the reservoir. The main dam is an earth-fill embankment dam. The south dam is a roller compacted concrete dam, constructed to replace the original earth-fill dam that failed in the early hours of New Year’s Day 1989.
The maximum depth of Quail Creek can reach 120 feet, so it is cold enough to sustain the stocked rainbow trout, bullhead catfish, and crappie. Largemouth bass, which is also stocked, and bluegill thrive in the warmer, upper layers of the reservoir.
Standing In the Creek
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Quail Creek State Park, Mouth of Creek, Sunset Reflections
Quail Creek State Park is very close to where we live. It’s a small but popular park for fishing, boating, kayaking, and hiking.
Quail Creek reservoir was completed in 1985 to provide irrigation and culinary water to the St. George area. Most of the water in the reservoir does not come from Quail Creek but is diverted from the Virgin River and transported through a buried pipeline.
Two dams form the reservoir. The main dam is an earth-fill embankment dam. The south dam is a roller compacted concrete dam, constructed to replace the original earth-fill dam that failed in the early hours of New Year’s Day 1989.
The maximum depth of Quail Creek can reach 120 feet, so it is cold enough to sustain the stocked rainbow trout, bullhead catfish, and crappie. Largemouth bass, which is also stocked, and bluegill thrive in the warmer, upper layers of the reservoir.
Standing In the Creek
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Quail Creek State Park, Sunset Reflections From Overlook
Quail Creek State Park is very close to where we live. It’s a small but popular park for fishing, boating, kayaking, and hiking.
Quail Creek reservoir was completed in 1985 to provide irrigation and culinary water to the St. George area. Most of the water in the reservoir does not come from Quail Creek but is diverted from the Virgin River and transported through a buried pipeline.
Two dams form the reservoir. The main dam is an earth-fill embankment dam. The south dam is a roller compacted concrete dam, constructed to replace the original earth-fill dam that failed in the early hours of New Year’s Day 1989.
The maximum depth of Quail Creek can reach 120 feet, so it is cold enough to sustain the stocked rainbow trout, bullhead catfish, and crappie. Largemouth bass, which is also stocked, and bluegill thrive in the warmer, upper layers of the reservoir.
Park Overlook at Sunset
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore – Elliot Falls Sunset
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is one of my favorite spots on Lake Superior.
This spot is where Elliot Falls flows into Lake Superior.
Most of the time Elliot Falls is nothing but a trickle but we got there in early June after a big rain storm.
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: Sleeping Bear Point Sunset II
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore near Empire, Michigan is a great four-season park and one of my favorite Midwest locations.
One of my favorite spots in the park is the trail to Sleeping Bear Point. It’s an excellent spot at sunrise and sunset in the summer months.
This was the subject of my last post. Here are more images.
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: Sleeping Bear Point Sunset
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore near Empire, Michigan is a great four-season park and one of my favorite Midwest locations.
One of my favorite spots in the park is the trail to Sleeping Bear Point. It’s an excellent spot at sunrise and sunset in the summer months.
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Sunset, Bryce Point Overlook
Due to the direction of the canyon walls, Bryce Canyon generally presents more opportunities at sunrise than sunset.
The Bryce Point Overlook provides a genuine Sunset opportunity. These images were taken at sunset on the same day.
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Canyonlands National Park: Green River Overlook, Clearing Storm at Sunset
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This is a panorama composite of 12 vertical images taken with a Canon 16-35MM F4 L Lens.
In my previous post I showed a “Green River Overlook”. It is the same “Green River” but a completely different overlook.
This one you can drive right up to with no problem, get out of your car, walk a short distance and take pictures.
But you do need dramatic light, clouds, clear air, and good technique.
I merged 12 different images into that panorama. The right hand side of the image was the most difficult part. Contrast between the sun and the sky was intense. 6 of the 12 images contained various exposures of the sun.
Here is my panorama split into three equal parts.
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