Up at the crack of dawn and back to the park this morn­ing. Sadly, clouds had gath­ered to the east, obscur­ing that golden light I wanted to paint on my can­vas. We had about 10 min­utes of golden hour instead of an hour. Got a few good shots though.

After dawn shoot­ing, we drove to the Needles District of Canyonlands. It was nice, but not nearly as impres­sive as Arches National Park. However, we got to see pet­ro­glyphs , which were amaz­ing. I had never seen them before myself. More pho­tos later. Now is the time for rest­ing. Maybe more sun­set pho­tog­ra­phy tonight, maybe not. We’ll see how we feel in a cou­ple of hours.

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