The photograph comes from a trip some years back that took me to Capitol Reef National Park. Although it was challenging to find the right composition, I wanted to get a photograph of this bend in an anonymous red rock canyon where trees were tucked into the edge of hollowed out rock. The feature is fascinating, but it is more or less unmarked, like so many similar features in this landscape.
The scene is not in the popular areas of the park and I came upon it by accident. I had noticed that there was a canyon off to the side of the roadway, so I parked and went for a walk, not sure what I would find. Although the section of canyon that I had seen from the roadway was small, the walk revealed a much more extensive and deep streamed with dramatic twists and turns.
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