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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A monumental world of standing rocks rising from Utah's Canyonlands

This image captures a lonely Juniper with the sunlit, endless, and rugged Maze district of Utah's Canyonlands National Park in the background. While the desert landscape is covered in a warm light by the setting sun, distant thunderstorms and a rainbow make for a dramatic backdrop close to the Blue Mountains near the horizon. A dramatic welcome after a nerve-wrecking seven hour drive over unpaved trails into the middle of nowhere.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2024
Photo Location: Moab, Utah, United States of America
Camera: ILCE-6400
Copyright: © David Maiwald