Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. Various shots of scenics, National Parks, roadside ephemera in Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.
MS road sign marking Arizona state border: "The Grand Canyon State Welcomes You". TLSs tourists on trail in Arches National Park, Utah, walking towards natural rock formations natural bridges. MS natural bridge without people. Great WLS of desert landscape: vast blue sky with some puffy white clouds, twisted barren tree screen right. TLS hikers on trail walking towards sandstone rock formations. Very nice LS/TLSs of natural rock arches and bridges as seen from various angles. Tilt down from blue sky to full view of natural arch (several takes). Panning TLSs strange rock formations-- some bulbous, other tower-like-- in desert. CU woman holding small green lizard in front of yucca desert plant. Low angle MS of road sign marking Arizona state line; TLSs pan from desert road with cars traveling on it to state border sign.
MS/CUs of road sign in Utah: "Welcome to Utah-- Still the right place, 1896-1996 Centennial"; TLSs of desert highway (or sky), pan to welcome sign. Traveling shot of Utah border sign, rest stop area. WLSs scenic valley with evergreen trees, cloud formations; exceptionally clear day with good views of mountains on opposite side of valley.
TLS hiker walking towards natural sandstone rock arch in Arches National Park, Utah; zoom in to MS arch. TLS sandstone arch. MCUs desert ant hole, red ants going in and out. TLS tilt up from desert floor to natural sandstone arch and rock formations; several takes, with and without (cleared) young white woman hiker).
TLS/LSs of scenic mountain cliffs, dramatic precipices and rock formations in valley of Zion National Park, Utah. Low angle TLS of clouds in blue sky (real time). Panning LS of dramatic, naturally eroded red rock canyons in Bryce National Park, Utah; TLS spire-like erosions lining walls of valley. Panning WLSs of same. Panning WLS valley dotted with evergreen trees and green shrubbery. Panning TLS orange-red rock mesa or butte, blue sky with clouds.
Head-on TLS two-lane desert highway; zoom into view of rocks and distant stretch of empty desolate road. TLS orange Volkswagen bus driving towards camera on desert highway. Panning LSs sandstone desert bluffs and buttes marked by erosion, late afternoon (dramatic lighting). TLSs motorcycles and a minivan traveling on desert road lined by rock formations glowing pink or rose. TLS Desert Inn Motel sign with sunset sky in BG; odd roadside attraction of skeletal dinosaur sculptures in parking lot; MS of sign.
MSs Colorado state line border sign: "Welcome to Colorado-- Mountains and Much More!" High angle LS/TLSs of Anasazi or Ancestral Puebloans ruins-- cliff dwellings and palaces-- at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado; TLS of Park Ranger giving lecture to tourists gathered around a large round pit in the cliff dwelling ruins. MS of Route 666 South road sign (the Highway of the Beast); TLS South Route 666 sign with cars passing by.