| San Juan River, Utah. A patch of drying mud expands into an intricate network of cracks under an early-October sun at the mouth of Slickhorn Gulch just off the San Juan river in southern Utah. Fine clays and silts were deposited here in small pools earlier in the season as high runoff levels inundated the narrow floodplain beside the river. As the warm autumn sun evaporates the water in these pools, the deposited layer of clay begins to crack and form these intricate patterns. Glowing gold in the late evening sun, the high limestone canyon walls at the mouth of Slickhorn Gulch reflect in all that remains of the water in the pool. All photos in these galleries may be ordered as fine art framed prints or for stock photography usage. |
