Needles Overlook shadows shift on high cliffs away and below stretches a landscape

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Scene notes:

Canyonlands, Utah, near the Anticline Overlook, where a long rocky road leads to these sudden cliffs and viewpoint. Far below at right, a canyon is completely shadowed. In the foreground, a three-sided precipice of a rocky outcrop. The left frame has a sheer cliff face of several hundred meters, as it slowly brightens.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
9 seconds and 15 frames.

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