Early morning in Big Cottonwood Canyon in Utah
These pictures were taken October 15th in 2008
Learn a bit more about the canyon that hosts several well known ski resorts (further up) on Wikipedia
With several sites talking about the Scenic Byway leading up the canyon full of many beautiful views Site 1 – Site 2
If you’re into hiking then check out this site with a long list of possible routes
It’s not all rocky, as you can see plenty of changing colors on the trees.
The St. Louis Gateway Arch is also known as the Gateway to the West.
This picture was quickly taken while still in the car from the east side of the arch as a silhouette of the arch and the stairs underneath
Learn more about the Gateway Arch here on Wikipedia – or the official site
Not sure the reason why a random tree in the middle of a desert is completely full of random shoes.
But so it is in California somewhere near Mojave and Joshua Tree
Lots of explanations as to why people do it are found on this wikipedia entry – why this particular tree… who knows.
These pictures were taken just off of Kihei Rd in Kihei on the north side of town. Many of the outrigger canoe shots were located at Kalepolepo Beach Park
Many of the pictures are looking out over Maalaea bay toward the northern side of the island (where the sun was setting) – Below
Palm trees and sunsets what is more fitting?
If you happen to be interested in Kalepolepo Beach Park here’s what Fodor’s Says
And what about Kihei the town? Wikipedia
Well the colors in these pictures won’t vary a lot… these were the colors of the late twilight from pretty high up on the island of maui. In fact a little over 6000ft elevation.
I shot mainly with the telephoto and just focused on nice silhouette pictures of the plants that were in front of me as I walked up and down the dirt road. It was pretty dark already except for this thin line of red and orange which stayed for what seemed like a long while.
Many of these trees had been burned in the last few years.
