Mesa Arch Sunburst
Mesa Arch Sunrise, Canyonlands National Park
This image captures a summer sunrise from Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, outside of Moab, Utah. Located on the Island in the Sky Mesa, this scene was 15 million years in the making (uplift of the Colorado Plateau) where erosion of a small pothole in Navajo Sandstone lead to today’s rock arch. The image captures the moment where the rising sun briefly paints the underside of Mesa Arch and warms Buck Canyon in amazing orange light while silhouetting the distant La Sal Mountains. As you can see from the thin slit of clear air on the horizon, the moment was transitory, as a cloud bank quickly obscured the sun.
This image is the start of a series covering our US National Parks. If you like to order this print, you'll want to check out this gallery!
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Here are my newest images:
- Caesar Creek Crescendo a soothing waterscape image under brilliant twilight skies
- Golden Hour Over Dead Horse Point Panorama No. 1 showing warm light raking across the sandstone formations
To better categorize and present my art prints, I've created these new gallies:
- Waterscapes which offers peaceful Daytime Waterscapes, Man-made Waterscapes, Seascapes, calming Twilight Waterscapes, and Waterfall prints.
. My newest U.S. National Park Galleries are:
-- Arches National Park with stunning sunrises and sunsets
-- Majestic Bryce Canyon National Park
- I've spent so much time in Piqua Ohio that I've created 4 galleries featuring:
-- Piqua Ohio Architecture Fort Piqua Plaza, Piqua Post Office and stone facade churches
-- Piqua Ohio High School stadium on a bright day highlighting their red and blue school colors
-- Piqua Ohio Memorials honoring William M. McCulloch, Domenic Salvatore Gentile, and William Pitsenbarger
-- Piqua Ohio Parks