Shafer Canyon Panorama
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Shafer Canyon Panorama
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The beautiful rock formations of Shafer Canyon and part of the Shafer trail viewed as a panorama from Shafer Canyon Overlook in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
The Shafer Trail is named after the Shafer family, who were Mormon pioneer settlers. Starting in 1916, John “Sog” Shafer, used this trail to move cattle from summer pastures on the mesa top to winter ground on the White Rim sandstone, several rock layers down into the canyon. John Shafer is credited for improving the trail and making access into the canyon easier. Many other trails at Island in the Sky also bear names for the families who worked them.
Expanding upon the work of Sog Shafer, the Atomic Energy Commission widened Shafer Trail and extended it to the White Rim Road to accommodate trucks moving loads of uranium-bearing rock from the backcountry and down to Moab for processing. Many backcountry roads in the Moab area used for recreation today were improved by the Atomic Energy Commission.
After Canyonlands was established in 1964, ranchers were granted a ten-year extension of ranching in the park.
Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah is known for its dramatic desert landscape carved by the Colorado River. Island in the Sky is a huge, flat-topped mesa with panoramic overlooks.
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December 10th, 2021
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Comments (68)
Bernadette Krupa
Jurgen, wow ... spectacular capture "Shafer Canyon Panorama! Congrats on multiple features - Camera Art Group, Greatest Of All Times and Photographic Camera!! L/F
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Shafer Canyon Pano composition, lighting, shading, beautiful colors and artwork! F/L voted
Rick Davis
I wanted to stop by and look at this one again because it has such amazing depth of field! Fav
Will Borden
Hi Jurgen~~An extremely beautiful panorama desert landscape taken in southeastern Utah- Utah is a photographer's dream state! F&L!!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Dr Debra Stewart's Gallery
Congratulations, your wonderful image has been featured in the Greatest of All Time group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the 2021-22 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).
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