Back to the Canyonlands!
Last week's backpacking trip near Moab whetted my appetite for more of this kind of stuff, so on Monday I drove out to Utah again for another quick trip - this time a solo one-nighter to a seldom-visited corner of Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park. The temps were a bit colder this time, but with no wind it was a pleasant and quiet night out there, sitting on the slickrock rim under the nearly full moon, bundled up in my down jacket and sleeping bag, soaking in the view, listening to the cosmic handpan melodies of Malte Marten.
The Green River flows through a big river bend below the White Rim of Island in the Sky - February.
My tent on a remote slickrock patio on the edge of the Island in the Sky.
Sunset light shines on the rim of Island in the Sky, with La Sal Mountains in the distance.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasts through the night sky as seen from the canyonlands of Utah. Launched from Vandenberg in California, the rocket carries another load of Starlink satellites to dump into orbit.
