Recent photos from Canyonlands, Utah.
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Looking over the Green River from Island in the Sky
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| Location | San Juan, Wayne, Garfield, and Grand counties, Utah,United States |
| Nearest city | Moab, Utah |
| Coordinates | 38°10′01″N 109°45′35″WCoordinates: 38°10′01″N 109°45′35″W |
| Area | 337,598 acres (136,621 ha)[1] |
| Established | September 12, 1964 |
| Visitors | 473,773 (in 2011)[2] |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
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. Two large river canyons are carved into the Colorado Plateau by the Colorado River and Green River.[3] Author Edward Abbey, a frequent visitor, described the Canyonlands as “the most weird, wonderful, magical place on earth—there is nothing else like it anywhere.”[4]
Tom's Thoughts 
Nice pics!
David B.
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. Gustav Mahler
There you stand like a duck in a thunderstorm again – aren’t you ever going to understand? W. A. Mozart
Music is the shorthand of emotion. Leo Tolstoy
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Another area dear to my heart!
Beautiful shots… who would have thought to do these in B/W, other than creative you, Tom!!!
In loving spirit, Eleanor
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