This is a continuation of sunset photography at Dead Horse Point, Utah.
There is more to shoot at Dead Horse Point than the grand scenic.
To be continued,
Ken
Utah – March 2026 – Part 23
Month: September 2026
Utah – March 2026 – Part 22
In an earlier post I revealed that I had gotten my posts out of chronological order. Now I’m stepping back a day to the evening prior to the overcast sky shoot at sunset at Dead Horse Point, Utah. The evening prior was much different.
To be continued,
Ken
Utah – March 2026 – Part 21
This is a continuation of photography at Dead Horse Point, Utah on an overcast evening in March, 2026.
Ah, at last a little muted sunset light on those distant cliffs.
This final image shows that we were not alone at this popular view point.
Thanks for following,
Ken
Utah – March 2026 – Part 20
After driving Potash Road and the Shafer Trail, we returned to Dead Horse Point for sunset photography. It was a heavily overcast evening, so prospects for a golden sunset hour did not look promising.
This tree creature seems to be relishing the sunshine on its shoulder.
Twisting through the desert dust, a strong anchor holding its life form firmly to the earth.
A portion of a nearby coppery cliff edge glows in late day sunlight, thick desert clouds envelope the landscape below in deep shadow.
Desert plants sink their roots into the thin soil and hard rock, where scant moisture hides from the harsh sun. The V shape of the niche in the rock is reminiscent of similar shapes seen in Georgia O’Keefe’s artwork.
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Ken
Utah – March 2026 – Part 19
Followers probably noted the winding road through the landscape as seen from Dead Horse Point in previously posted images. After shooting sunrise at Dead Horse Point, we traveled that road. This post contains a few of the photographys made along that road.
I think this road might be refered to by different names and I’ve mostly heard folks talk about this route as Shafer Trail, but my map shows this portion as Potash Road, to the best that I can decipher the map labels
This pond is a part of a potash production facility. Potash (potasium chloride) is disolved from underground rock with water pumped from the Colorado River and put into evaporation ponds. Blue dye is added to the water to increase solar energy absorption that heats the water speeding up the evaporation process. These ponds can be seen from the Dead Horse Point overlook and are in some of my photos made at that overlook.
I always stand in awe of the natural power of water, wind, weather and time to carve such amazing landscapes.
The road we traveled changes its name to Shafer Trail somewhere along the route, I think at the point where it enters Canyonland National Park. This photo was made at an overlook near where Shafer Trail exits onto a paved road near Canyonlands NP Visitors Center.
Late in the day, we returned to Dead Horse Point for sunset photography. Stay tuned for more,
Ken