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Monument Valley, Utah/Arizona. This is not a park under the Bureau of land Management. It is run and operated by the Navaho Nation.

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Old Gnarled Tree

So many twisted trees in Monument Valley. Those make a great frame for what lies beyond.

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Gnarled wind blown tree

Monument Valley in Utah/Arizona is a wondrous place.

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The Road leads to who-knows-where.

At this point, we can only imagine what is beyond the end of the road. Amazing things await us.

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Gnarled tree, Monument Valley

Monument Valley has many dead trees which make good foregrounds for framing a subject in the distance

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Unknown tree, with green leaves

The aqua/green leaves resemble holly trees.

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Stormy sky over Canyonlands National Park, Utah

So many of these old gnarled Juniper Trees. The wind whips them around until the branches are twisted and turned.

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Gnarled Juniper Tree

This old tree seems to be pointing to the sky, saying The Storm is Coming, hide!

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A Grand Vista, Canyon Lands National Park, Utah

These old Juniper Trees have survival instincts, with seemingly little water to sustain life.

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Old Juniper Trees frame a huge arch

There are many arches, double and triple arches in Arches National Park in Utah. The old Juniper trees frame many of these vistas.

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Juniper Tree framing a double Arch

So many of these trees frame the arches in Arches National Park

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Living history in these old Juniper Trees

The Juniper Trees frame so many of these arches in Arches National Park.

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People are so minuscule compared to the size of the Arches

Old gnarled juniper tree

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Looking through a gnarled Juniper tree

The wind over the years, twists and turns these trees, even to the point of twisting around themselves.

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Looking through an old gnarled Juniper Tree

A grand vista lies beyond the twisted branches of this old Juniper Tree

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