Fins are thin slabs of sandstone weathered into parallel lines. Many of the arches in Arches National Park are formed when erosion makes a hole through the fin and leaves the surrounding rock intact. This image does not show an arch, but the rock formations are impressive enough. I also like the juniper tree that makes its own arch. I have lived with juniper trees (we called them salt cedars) for as long as I can remember. In parts of Arizona, they were considered to be invasive and treated like weeds. The ranchers dragged chains across the desert with bulldozers and destroyed the juniper trees under the mistaken notion that removing the trees would improve the rangeland for cattle. It didn't and the juniper trees are still growing back. But the use of chains and bulldozers hasn't stopped. See "Watch This 25,000-Pound Battleship Anchor Chain Rip Through Juniper in Nevada." The justification for this procedure is to improve the rangeland for species that already live in the area. Here is a link to the counter-argument, See "Old Chaining Page: Chaining in the American West,"
This photo was taken from Grand Viewpoint Overlook in the Dead Horse Point State Park looking down into Canyonlands National Park. Visible in the near distance is the White Rim. The view here is the equal of any in the Grand Canyon National Park and most other places in the high Colorado Plateau region of the huge area around the Four Corners where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona meet. Access to almost all of Canyonlands National Park is only by well-equipped four-wheel drive Jeeps or the equivalent or by foot. From this photo, you can see why that might be the case.
Sometimes I have to rush outside with my camera to take a photo before the light changes. In this case, the light only stayed like this for a few minutes. This is not an edited photo except for a speck of clarity. It is nice living with this kind of view.
