Solstice Sky

I love summer sunsets in Utah.

Cache Valley Sunset

Last week I drove through a stunning evening in Cache Valley
on my way up to Bear Lake.
The fields were full of new mown hay,
the sky was full of clouds that would have enraptured Maxfield Parrish.

It was a perfect fall evening.

Evening Light at Karnak

Our tour visited the great temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak during good evening light, which made me very happy.
The columns in the hypostyle hall are HUGE.
Notice the conveniently placed scale-model person:

Originally the hall was roofed. Only a few of the roof beams survive but some of the slit window panes are still in place. The windows are small (and unglazed), but in that latitude, a little bit of light goes a long way toward illumination.

This view is the hypostyle hall from a distance (out in the court by the eighth pylon, or gate):

Sunset silhouettes palms and the ninth pylon:

Karnak is immense and very grand.

Consolation for Clouds

Though the clouds frustrated my evening light plans, they made a lovely addition to the sunset:

It was great to get some good silhouette foregrounds for this gorgeous sight:

I wound up for my final views at Ghost Rock overlook, on a ledge above one of the Swell's nifty canyons: