Two Arches for the Price of One

Wouldn't you love this in your backyard?

This massive "double arch" is found in "The Windows" section of Arches National Park. It was actually used in the opening scene of the third Indiana Jones movie, "The Last Crusade."

Late fall weather offers extraordinary days of crystal blue skies and rock colors intensified by the lower angle sun. This HDR photo was taken mid-November of 2012 after a trip through the "Fiery Furnace." It was later afternoon and the low angled sun on the rocks in the Windows section was bringing out all the color. So we stopped here to take some shots. I wanted a photo stripped of any distractions (like the numerous tourists visiting the site) so I zoomed in to achieve this effect of just two basic elements - rock and sky.