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American Southwest

The American Southwest is a land of raw beauty - red rocks, cliffs, ancient Indian ruins, mountains, deserts, and big skies. This gallery presents images I captured in the heart of the American Southwest - Nevada and Utah. Photographs are from the Arches, Canyonlands, and Capital Reef National Parks, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, and Dead Horse Point and Goblin Valley State Parks. I love the Southwest so much, I named my photo business after an Edward Abbey character from Utah, Seldom Seen Smith.

37°35'5" N 111°24'50" W

Devils Garden, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

Devil's Window

Devils Garden, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

Devil's Window

38°45'25" N 109°34'47" W

Fiery Furnace lit by the setting sun with the La Sal Mountains in the background, Arches National Park

Fiery Furnace and the La Sals

Fiery Furnace lit by the setting sun with the La Sal Mountains in the background, Arches National Park

Fiery Furnace and the La Sals

38°28'14" N 109°44'27" W

View into Canyonlands National Park and of Colorado River from Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah

Dead Horse

View into Canyonlands National Park and of Colorado River from Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah

Dead Horse

37°36'15" N 112°9'24" W

Moonrise through the earth shadow as seen in from Bryce Point in Bryce Canyon National Park

Moon over Bryce

Moonrise through the earth shadow as seen in from Bryce Point in Bryce Canyon National Park

Moon over Bryce

38°46'27" N 109°35'26" W

Skyline Arch in the late evening sun, Arches National Park, Utah.

Skyline Arch

Skyline Arch in the late evening sun, Arches National Park, Utah.

Skyline Arch

38°33'49" N 110°42'6" W

Morning sun on formations at Goblin Valley State Park, Utah

Fallen Goblin

Morning sun on formations at Goblin Valley State Park, Utah

Fallen Goblin

39°1'20" N 114°17'53" W

Mount Wheeler and Jeff Davis Peak in Great Basin National Park, Neveda

Sky at Great Basin Park

Mount Wheeler and Jeff Davis Peak in Great Basin National Park, Neveda

Sky at Great Basin Park

38°19'3" N 111°18'26" W

Capital Reef National Park, Utah

Approaching Storm

Capital Reef National Park, Utah

Approaching Storm

38°26'49" N 110°12'46" W

Smiling Ghost pictograph, Great Gallery, Canyonlands National Park

Ancient One

Smiling Ghost pictograph, Great Gallery, Canyonlands National Park

Ancient One

37°49'44" N 111°25'12" W

Lower Calf Creek Falls in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

Calf Creek Falls

Lower Calf Creek Falls in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah

Calf Creek Falls

39°0'4" N 114°18'16" W

Bristlecone forest, Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Bristlecone

Bristlecone forest, Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Bristlecone

38°20'41" N 109°56'54" W

Ancient Anasazi grainery ruin at Turks Head in Canyonlands National Park

Grainery

Ancient Anasazi grainery ruin at Turks Head in Canyonlands National Park

Grainery