American MidWest

Such a vast country, such spectacular landmarks; so much more to see! These images were taken on a road trip starting in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, and ending in Nevada, taking in fantastic parts of southern Utah and a proportionately small but grand area of Arizona along the way! Most images shown here are of the terrific scenery, while wildlife, and there was quite a bit, is shown on the Wildlife page.

All images taken with Sony A1ii.

West Mitten, East Mitten and Merrick Buttes in Monument Valley with desert foreground and dramatic cloudy sunrise sky.
An "After the Storm" image of red and brown cliffs of Zion Nationa Park, Utah with scrubby desert and dramatic grey cloud patterns.
Irregular masses of red Aztec Sandstone with scrubby desert, blue sky and nice cloud formations in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.
A shrubby desert landscape in the Valley of Fire, Nevada, with a large mass of irregular red Aztec Sandstone rock with mountains and cloudy blue sky background.
Maroon Bells Lake, Colorado and surrounding mountains with snow residue. Conifers with green and yellow Aspen trees fill the valley floor; blue sky and clouds. 1.
A dramatic red and brown domed mountain with sparse green trees and impressive thunder clouds In Zion National Park, Utah.
A abstract mix of rock shapes and colours ranging from dark brown, though reds to buff with a cloudy blue sky in Valley of Fire, Nevada,
A wide expanse sunset view over cliffs and gorges of the Grand Canyon, Arizona around the Colorado River, with storm clouds above.
Swamp Canyon at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Beautiful orange hoodoos sit around plentiful pine trees beneath a pale blue sky.
An unusual red "head and shoulders" rock formation with larger vertical red rocks and a cloudy blue sky in Valley of Fire, Nevada.
A black and white image of Square Butte, Arizona, a massive sandstone summit rises out of the scrubby desert terrain, adjacent to State Route 98.
An irregular landscape of various buff coloured and red rocks with a scrubby desert foreground and cloudy blue sky background in Valley of Fire SP, Nevada
A large cluster of irregular red Aztec Sandstone with scrubby desert and cloudy blue sky background in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.
A mainly red rock with buff landscape, scrubby desert and cloudy blue sky background in Valley of Fire, State Park, Nevada.
A spiky red rock Eagle Crags with green tree coverage, scrubby desert foreground and cloudy blue sky background just outside Zion National park, Utah.
Dramatic banded mountains of red and buff rock with green trees at base and cloudy blue sky, Kolob Canyons, Zion National Park, Utah.
The Virgin River, Zion National Park, with it's shore, bounded by trees on either side and a vertical cliff face behind.
A zoomed in image of the beautiful brown, red and grey irregular cliffs below a stormy sky at Zion National Park, Utah with shrubby green foreground.
Mount Kinesava and other peaks with a green shrubby foreground, a beautiful orange sunset glow with storm clouds, Zion National Park, Utah.
Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, with tree lined banks and dramatic brown cliffs and cream Mountain of Mystery; blue sky background.
Dramatic, stormy sky over the towering sandstone cliffs and rugged landscape of Zion National Park in Utah.
Virgin River, Zion National Park, with tree lined banks and dramatic orange-brown vertical cliffs; blue sky background.
A serene image of a mini waterfall amongst the boulders and fallen trees on the Virgin River, Zion National Park, Utah.
Virgin River, Zion National Park, with tree lined banks and dramatic orange-brown vertical cliffs; blue sky background; a child stands in the water.
Red rock cliffs, green valley brush, and the prominent mass of The East Temple in the background under a cloudy sky at Zion National Park.1.
Dramatic Navajo Sandstone cliffs and vast desert landscape of Zion National Park under a heavy, storm-laden sky.
A scenic landscape at Zion National Park, Utah, of red layered sandstone cliffs with a prominent white rocky peak, scattered pines trees and blue sky.
The distinctive Checkerboard Mesa in Zion National Park, Utah, with green pines in foreground and cloudy blue sky.
Scenic Mossy Cave Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, featuring a stream and signature red-rock hoodoos, pine trees and blue sky.
A scenic view in Zion National Park, Utah, featuring towering grey and red Navajo Sandstone monoliths, pine trees and cloudy blue sky.
Zion National Park, Utah, featuring towering red and cream sandstone cliffs, a winding mountain road, green desert vegetation under a cloudy blue sky.
A wide view of Bryce Canyon at sunset with hoodoos in the foreground, a number of pine trees and the cliffs of the Aquarius Plateau.
Rugged red and white Navajo Sandstone canyons, pinyon pines, sweeping desert terrain with blue sky at Zion National Park, Utah.
Bryce Canyon hoodoos with late afternoon sun on the Aquarius Plateau in the distance.
Mossy Cave Waterfall, Bryce Canyon National Park cascading over vibrant orange-red rock cliffs and hoodoo terrain, pine trees and blue sky.
A view down into the Bryce Canyon amphitheatre with a mass of hoodoos and the Aquarius Palateau lit in sunset sunlight in the background.
The vibrant golden and orange autumn leaves of aspen trees (Populus tremuloides), contrasted with a green pine tree in the lower center.
The "Natural Bridge", a massive rock arch at Bryce Canyon with pine trees visible in the distance and an Aspen tree in the foreground.
A cluster of quaking aspen trees (Populus tremuloides), with bright gold and yellow leaves against a backdrop of dark evergreen conifers.
A multitude of colours of a single Aspen tree from greens, golds, oranges, browns and reds, with a blue sky background.
A gnarled and twisted dead tree trunk, ?Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) on the Navajo Loop Trail, Bryce Canyon; foreground shadows.
A view of the pink and orange hoodoos in Bryce Canon amphitheatre, the "Sinking Ship" and the cliffs of Aquarius Plateau can be seen in the background.
Bryce Canyon hoodoos including Thor's Hammer with pine trees and blue sky background.
A "fairytale castle" orange and buff hoodoo group at Bryce Canyon with surrounding irregular rocks and pines with stone "dunes" behind.
Vivid orange hoodoos and folded stone "dunes" and colourful cliffs of Queen's Garden Trail, Bryce Canyon, Utah.
A view along a smooth orange tree lined ridge to the vivid orange and pink hoodoos, and colourful cliffs of Queen's Garden Trail , Bryce Canyon.
Bright shades of red, orange and white hoodoos layered against green pine trees in the Bryce Canyon amphitheatre, Utah, USA.
Vibrant red rock hoodoos and tall pine trees in Red Canyon, Utah, USA, blue sky background.
The Sevier River lined by grasses and shrubs winding through the high-desert landscape of Southern Utah with cliffs in the distance.
A view down into the Bryce Canyon amphitheatre with a mass of deep orange, red and pink hoodoos
Rugged terrain and grey and pink sandstone cliffs of Southern Utah featuring scattered pinyon-juniper trees and flowering desert shrubs.
The Colorado River from Navajo Bridge as it flows through the deep, steep-walled red rock gorge of Marble Canyon in northern Arizona.
Desert View Watchtower on the rocky edge of the South Rim in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, with a blue sky background.
A view of the Colorado River Granite Rapids in the Grand Canyon, Arozona.
Grand Canyon in Arizona, featuring deep red rock formations and the Colorado River winding through the canyon floor.
A long exposure image using ND filters of burnt trees and ground slowly recovering from wildfire, unusual cloudy blue sky background, Arizona.
An aerial view of the Colorado River winding through the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, with meanders and rapids.
A dramatic, high-angle view of the Colorado River snaking through the layered red rock cliffs of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA.
A panoramic view of the layered red rock cliffs and deep gorges of the Grand Canyon South Rim in Arizona, USA with a cloudy blue sky.
A cloudy-day sweeping view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon Arizona, prominent eroded rock pillars in the foreground.
Cedar Mountain and the South Rim of Grand Canyon, Arizona with dramatic localised stormy sky.
The dramatic Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River near Page, Arizona, deep blue/green water with red/brown cliffs, clouds in distance.
Deep, rocky canyon of the Little Colorado River Gorge, Arizona, USA, with layered sandstone cliffs beneath a dramatic, stormy sky with rain shafts.
A flat-topped sandstone mesa with irregular pink, red and orange cliffs with a golden grass foreground and cloudy blue sky near Page, Arizona.
Smooth, flowing orange and brown sandstone walls of Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona, with dramatic irregular scalloping.
A striking rock formation - El Capitan- emerging from the desert floor under a dramatic cloudy sky in Arizona, USA.
A scenic view of sandstone buttes and mesas in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah, under a cloudy blue sky, West Mitten butte
West Mitten Butte, Monument Valley, Utah at sunset. The butte is almost silhouetted against a dramatic red sky.
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park with a view of Elephant Butte and Totem Pole. There is a green shrub in the foreground and a nice blue cloudy sky.
Ear of the Wind, a large natural sandstone arch framed by a weathered tree in Monument Valley, Utah, in evening light with cloudy blue sky.
A male Navajo wearing wide-brimmed hat, a plaid long-sleeve shirt, and a dark gilet, rides his horse in Monument Valley Tribal Park, Utah.
A rocky window and arch In Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah, with bright cloudy blue sky.
A male Navajo rides his horse amongst the red-orange boulders at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah.
A view towards Monument Valley from near Forest Gump point on US Route 163 which leads through the desert to the massive buttes, cloudy blue sky background.
A mass of rugged red rocks rise from the desert in Arches National Park with an interesting streaky cloud blue sky.
Potash terraces amongst the banded red cliffs at Dead Horse Point, State Park, Utah.
A "head and neck" rock formation at Arches National Park, Utah reminiscent of a damaged Greek statue, beside a bush with a scrubby desert background.
The large Pine Tree Arch located in the Devils Garden area of Arches National Park,Utah with view through to other rocks, shrubs and sky.
North Window Arch in Arches National Park, near Moab, Utah with 2 people sitting on the lower rim, variable blue sky background.
Towering sandstone fin formations at Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, USA, nice hazy cloud/blue sky background.
Turret Arch in Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, USA with a person seen at the base. Nice positioning of clouds around the spire.
The Sphinx and Rhinoceros rock formation at Arches National Park, Moab, Utah with a road and scrubby desert foreground and blue sky.
A black and white image of Delicate Arch at Arches National Park, Utah, USA.
A rock formation at Arches National Park, Utah with the front pillar having a "wide smiley cartoon face"; desert foreground, blue sky.
The evening sun illuminates the beautiful red cliffs at Mill Creek trail, Moab, Utah. Green trees, shrubs and path in foreground, blue sky.
Beautiful light altering the colour tones of the scalloped rocks at Upper Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona.
Mill Creek Trail , Moab, Utah in the evening sun, the red cliffs increasingly illuminated. Trees and shrubs in foreground, blue sky.
A close up view of the dramatic red sandstone pillars of the Fisher Towers near Moab, Utah, blue sky background.
View from the ground looking skywards into a group of green/ yellow leafed aspen trees. Taken at Maroon Bells Lake, Aspen, Colorado.
A scenic view of the rugged red rock spires of the Fisher Towers near Moab with a green and brown scrubby foreground and vivid blue sky.
A view of the mountains, pines and green and gold aspen trees at Maroon Bells Lake with a cloudy blue sky.
Mill Creek Waterfall, a peaceful scenic desert cascade in evening light, water cascades between the large reddish brown rocks.
A group of silver grey Aspen tree trunks with varying shades of green leaves behind. Taken at Maroon Bells, Aspen, Utah.
Maroon Bells Lake, Colorado and surrounding mountains with snow residue. Conifers with green and yellow Aspen trees fill the valley floor; blue sky and clouds. 2.
The dramatically shaped Mount Garfield, Colorado, part sunlit beneath a striking sky.
Clouds gathering over the mountains behind the Chapel on the Rock, Colorado with beautiful gold and green foliage in the foreground.
Thick clouds gathering over the gold, buff and tree covered hills of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA.
Beautiful stepped and banded cliffs and canyons of the San Juan River meanderings at Goosenecks State Park, Utah; cloudy blue sky.
A view near Estes Park looking out over the forested valleys and distant mountain peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, USA; blue sky with dynamic clouds.
The fantastic view of the canyons and the meandering Colorado River at Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah. Sunlight haze on right of image.
A view from the Navajo Bridge of the layered cliffs and Colorado River at Marble Canyon, Arizona; the surrounding red mountain landscape is seen with blue sky.
Hoodoos and scattered pine trees at Bryce Canyon amphitheatre, Utah with a pale blue sky.
Orange, pink and white hoodoos with scattered pine trees at Bryce Canyon amphitheatre, Utah.
Amongst the stunning hoodoos on a Bryce Canyon, Utah trail a pine tree grows below a blue sky.
A white and pinky buff desert canyon landscape with tall rock hoodoos at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, with blue sky.
A stream at the base Maroon Creek Valley, surrounded by shrubs, pine and aspen trees with mountains dusted with snow, cloudy blue sky.
The "Hunter" hoodoo formation at Agua Canyon Overlook in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
The north fork of the Virgin River in Zion Canyon in Zion National Park, Utah; trees line the river, storm clouds starting to gather.
Layered, eroded pink and white "stone dunes" and hoodoos interspersed with pine trees at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
Red rock cliffs, green valley brush, and the prominent mass of The East Temple in the background under a cloudy sky at Zion National Park.2.
The famous Totem Pole and the adjacent Yei Bi Chei rock spires in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, sparse desert foreground with cloudy blue sky.
A rugged red-sandstone landscape of Monument Valley with dramatic rock buttes and spires and sparse desert vegetation; cloudy blue sky..
The pink spire of Chimney Rock, with white, buff cliffs Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah, grassy foreground with trees, scattered buildings and blue sky.
Wilson Arch, a large natural rock formation located in southeastern Utah, scrubby desert foreground with blue sky.