Canyonlands National Park

Canyonlands National Park
Mesa Arch

This arch of stone sits right on the edge of the canyon.

Canyonlands National Park
Canyonlands National Park

We had our first campfire of the trip. The night sky in this part of the country is so bright with stars.

Canyonlands National Park

Vast open spaces.

Canyonlands National Park

Half of the canyons are made by the Colorado river.

Canyonlands National Park
Upheaval Dome

This huge crater is much larger than it seems. Produced either by a meteor impact, or by an uplifted salt dome. It's more than two miles wide.

Canyonlands National Park

The ruins of an ancient Pueblo building. We had to scramble up some steep rocks to see it.

Canyonlands National Park

More canyons.

Canyonlands National Park

This is a road that 4x4s can take to get down to the lower canyon level. I'm glad we didn't have to take this.

Canyonlands is a park in Eastern Utah which preserves an otherworldly landscape of canyons. The views here are as impressive as the Grand Canyon, with a similar sort of scale that is impossible to appreciate. Where the Grand Canyon is deep, Canyonlands is wide and endlessly detailed.