The colors, textures and forms of the landscape in the Hanksville, UT area provide boundless photo opportunities. Like much of Utah, there’s plenty of red rock in a variety of sizes and forms. But the main attraction is the starkly sculpted, eroded landscape of blues, purples and yellows.

Perhaps the primo place to enjoy this landscape is down a long dusty road, past the well-known landmark, Factory Butte, and up to the Moonscape Overlook, two hundred feet or so above a breath taking, other wordly valley! Once my breathing recovered, I took a couple of steps back from the Overlook’s edge and let the view just wash over me. It’s that stunning. I then began to see the smorgasborg of color, texture, shape and form that could make fantastic photos. And turned back to my truck to get my cameras.