Dial's Knob - Clay Point Road
Garfield County, UT

#SilentSunday #photo #landscape #desert #Utah

Long Canyon - Burr Trail
Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument, UT

#SaturdayScenery #photo #landscape #redrock #PublicLands #Utah

Mule's Ears
Gunnison National Forest, CO
[tall photo: click for full view]

Always a bright spot in the #Colorado high country in summer. Often seen in large fields. Named for their long mule ear shaped leaves.

#FlowerFriday #photo #wildflowers #NationalForest

Yellow-bellied Marmot
San Juan National Forest, CO

#WildlifeWednesday #photo #nature #mammals #NationalForest #Colorado

Ruby Peak
Gunnison National Forest, CO

#MountainMonday #photo #wildflowers #PublicLands #Colorado

Weidemeyer's Admiral butterfly
Carson National Forest, NM

#SilentSunday #photo #butterfly #nature #PublicLands #NewMexico

Along Kebler Pass Road
Gunnison National Forest, CO

#SaturdayScenery #photo #landscape #wildflowers #PublicLands #Colorado

American Basin
Cinnamon Pass Road, CO

#FootpathFriday #FlowerFriday #photo #nature #mountains #PublicLands #Colorado

American Basin, CO

Look at all those wildflowers! 👀

#MountainMonday #photo #landscape #WildFlowers #PublicLands #Colorado

Rocky Mountain Parnassian butterfly
Cinnamon Pass Road, CO

#SilentSunday #photo #Butterfly #nature #PublicLands #Colorado

Cebolla Creek Canyon
Gunnison National Forest, CO

#SaturdayScenery #photo #landscape #NationalForest #Colorado

Colorado Columbines
American Basin, CO

#FlowerFriday #photo #nature #WildFlowers #PublicLands #Colorado

Bursum Road
Gila National Forest, NM

For those who saw my Javelina photo yesterday, this is the habitat where he was roaming. Just a random gravel road in a New Mexico pine forest.

#photo #landscape #NationalForest #NewMexico

Javelina (aka peccary)
Gila National Forest, NM

#WildlifeWednesday #photo #nature #mammal #NationalForest #NewMexico

Grandmother Juniper
Escalante National Monument, UT

Sought refuge from unseasonable rains in the desert under this tree that has seen it all. Another peek at my camping rig.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #photo #landscape #PublicLands #Utah

Providence Mountains
Mojave National Preserve, CA

Returning to NM from a family gathering in CA one doesn't get to specify clear skies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#MountainMonday #photo #landscape #desert #PublicLands #California

Lower Butler Wash Road
Bears Ears National Monument, UT

#SilentSunday #photo #landscape #redrock #PublicLands #Utah #UAV

Lower Arch Canyon
Bears Ears National Monument, UT

I always admire photographers who are able capture the details in the darker areas of their landscape images. So I'm delighted that I seemed to be able to do that with this aerial image captured in DJI raw.

#SaturdayScenery #photo #landscape #redrock #PublicLands #UAV #storm #Utah

Turkey Vulture
Arch Canyon, UT

#WildlifeWednesday #photo #nature #WildBirds #Utah

View of the La Sals
Manti-La Sal National Forest, UT

Not much change reported on the Babylon wildfire in SE Utah. On a less doom and gloom note, this site on the north slopes of the Abajos has been spared. The La Sal Mountains east of Moab in the distance. Plus bonus of a thick trunk and a glimpse of my camping rig!

#ThickTrunkTuesday #photo #landscape #camping #NationalForest #Utah