Mesa Arch (by arch@jero)
Mesa Arch at sunrise, Island in the Sky district. Canyonlands National Park is a U.S. National Park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab and preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. The park is divided into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the rivers themselves. While these areas share a primitive desert atmosphere, each retains its own character. The park covers 527.5 square miles (1,366 km2). Canyons are carved into the Colorado Plateau by the Colorado River and Green River.Canyonlands is described as “the most weird, wonderful, magical place on earth—there is nothing else like it anywhere.”
(12 note) DATE: Lug 28 2011I have been there and it really is the most amazing place I have ever been. I was more impressed by Canyonlands than...