Panoramic view from Shafer Trail across a red-rock canyon with the Colorado River, layered mesas, and a blue sky with white clouds in Utah.

Shafer Trail Panorama of the Colorado River Canyon

This panoramic photograph presents an elevated view over the Colorado River and layered red-rock canyon formations near Shafer Trail in Utah.
Panoramic autumn view of the Colorado River winding through red-rock canyon country from Shafer Trail, Utah.
Panoramic Colorado River canyon view from Shafer Trail in Utah.
11.10.2012 · Shafer Trail, San Juan County, Utah, United States
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This wide panoramic landscape shows the Colorado River winding through layered red and orange rock formations near Shafer Trail in southeastern Utah. Viewed from an elevated rocky overlook, the scene includes canyon walls, mesas, plateaus, and scattered clouds above the Colorado Plateau.

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Captured in autumn 2012, the image looks across the canyon landscape from a rocky viewpoint on Shafer Trail in the Island in the Sky area of Canyonlands National Park. The winding river, horizontal cliff bands, sandstone mesas, rounded foreground rocks, and distant plateaus create a broad landscape composition beneath scattered white clouds. The photograph is suited to searches for Utah canyon scenery, Colorado River landscapes, red-rock geology, and panoramic nature photography.

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A detailed panoramic landscape photograph capturing the Colorado River, layered red-rock canyon walls, and distant mesas from Shafer Trail in Utah.

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What is shown in this panorama?

A winding section of the Colorado River runs through a layered red-rock canyon landscape with mesas and plateaus.

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The photograph was made at a viewpoint on Shafer Trail in San Juan County, Utah, United States.

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The image was captured on October 11, 2012, during autumn.

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