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A Wide Angle View Looking Across Petroglyph National Monument and a Backdrop of the Sandia Mountains by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the east while taking in views across the mountain desert landscape present in the Volcanoes portion of Petroglyph National Monument. In composing this image, I angled my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward and pulled back on the vocal length. I wanted a wide angle view and to raise the horizon higher into the image. That would bring the mountains above center and perhaps minimize some of the flattening that would come from a wide angle view.

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STORMY SUNSET: Yesterday’s [2025 july 15] clouds & storms produced all sorts of color across Utah and Idaho skies! 😍🌅

1📸: Brandon Bates / Centerville

2📸: Janeen Allen / Cache Valley

3📸: Lacey Hansen / Franklin, ID

4📸: Lacey Hansen / Franklin, ID

5📸: Brandon Bates / Wellsville

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What Is Cheatgrass and Why Should I Care?

To understand the current state of rangeland wildfires in the Intermountain West, you must first familiarize yourself with a plant commonly referred to as cheatgrass. This annual grass moved into the region over a century ago, and its spread has had a massive impact on the environment, as well as the economy and our way of life. Just the very mention of cheatgrass in the West will get some…

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Mountain Beauty While Walking the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes (Death Valley National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south while walking and taking in views across dune ridges and flats at the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park. With this image, I decided to focus on the contrast of shades and tones with the brighter colors present in the nearby sands, with that of the darker tones present on the ridges and peaks of Tucki Mountain and the Panamint Range.

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Taking Stock of Beautiful Places with Shiprock by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southeast while taking in views across the northern New Mexico high desert with a distant view to the Shiprock formation. This is at a roadside pullout along U.S. Route 64. With this image, I zoomed in with the focal length to include more of the surrounding landscape to add to the setting in the image captured. I also liked having a leveled-on view with the horizon in keeping a balance between the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image with the blues of the skies above.

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My Time Exploring Mono Lake by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around the South Tufa area at Mono Lake with a view looking to the south to tufa towers and other formations present. Mono Lake-48

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Letting Nature Pamper Me with Snapshots of Mono Lake by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around the South Tufa area at Mono Lake with a view looking to the north to tufa towers and other formations present. Mono Lake-54

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Traffic and Drivers Along US Route 95 in Nevada by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A roadside pullout looking to the south as cars passed by. What I wanted to capture with this image was to use the highway as a leading line and include some other Mojave Desert type relief with the ridges and peaks on both sides of the highway, and then off in the distance.