These photos were taken from near the Needles District Overlook in Canyonlands National Park in Utah. The Needles District Overlook is at the end of Utah Highway 133, which is between Moab and Monticello along Highway 191.
"I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth."
--Petrarch