Cody Redmon - Photoblog

Having been nearly six months since my last UT post, I decided to revisit the archives to see what I could dig up.  It’s pretty amazing how images ‘change’ over time while doing nothing more than sitting in storage.  Each viewing brings new perspective and ideas, new ways of approaching the same subject - as was the case for today’s photo.  I’m not sure how many times I’ve passed over it in the past, but several dozen I’m sure.  Taken October, 2006, in the ‘Island in the Sky’ region of Canyonlands National Park, this scene shows a vertical drop of about 1,100 feet, while just out of view to the right it drops an additional 1,200 - 1,400 feet.  My favorite road, the White Rim Road, is barely visible far below but follows a narrow course between these two extremes.  The Potash Ponds are visible in the upper-left, white against the landscape, covering several acres where they evaporate water used to gather the mineral.  To give a little better impression of the depth I saved this one out about thirty percent larger than normal.