On the way into Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, coming from the west, you’re initially greeted with an unexpected surprise. Most people aren’t familiar, or aren’t even expecting Red Canyon, a section of the Dixie National Forest that provides a small, but beautiful slice of what’s to come. Skirting the western edge of the Colorado Plateau, it offers a brief glimpse of the surprises and sights that await farther east.
I was out camping in Red Canyon and as is the case almost always while camping, I got up and out of my tent at first light. I began climbing up some of the nearby hills and sat and admired the scenery for a while as the sun eventually began to rise. I was able to catch Earth’s shadow before it did so, creating a nice palette of pastel colors across the landscape.