Needles District at Sunset

A landscape view of the Needles district in Canyonlands featuring numerous rainwater-filled potholes on orange slickrock, with banded sandstone spires in the background under a sunset sky and a receding storm.

A photo of rainwater potholes on orange slickrock, sandstone spires in the Needles district of Canyonlands, sunset light after a receding storm See more

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