Monoliths in the fog, Arches National Park, Utah

View from Otto's Trail, Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, Colorado

Lifting fog over Balanced Rock, Arches National Park, Utah

Sauntering bighorn sheep, Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, Colorado

Skyline Arch in fog, Arches National Park, Utah

Devil's Kitchen, Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, Colorado

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado, panoramic shot from visitor center parking lot

Devil's Kitchen and No Thoroughfare Canyon, Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, Colorado

Windows panorama, Arches National Park, Utah

Early spring light spotlights bare cottonwood trees and old historic homestead near Gateway, Colorado

Spring Desert Sunset, Grand Junction, Colorado

Green River Overlook, Canyonlands National Park, Utah

An early spring storm hits the east side of the Grand Valley as seen from near Serpent's Trail, Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, Colorado

Juniper Snag, Garden of Eden area, Arches National Park, Utah

A gorgeous claret cup cactus in bloom near Mt. Garfield, Grand Junction, Colorado

Pink prickly pear cactus bloom in the desert near Mack, Colorado

Dandelions, Divide Road, Uncompaghre Plateau, Colorado

Detail of Faux Falls, near Moab, Utah

Desert daisies, near Rabbit Valley, Colorado

Claret cup cactus, near Rabbit Valley, Colorado

A raven flies over the Kissing Couple, Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, Colorado

Sego lillies, near Rabbit Valley, Colorado