Story In Stone II Stock Image, Zion, Utah

A small cottonwood clings to life in an eroded pocket high on the canyon wall in the Virgin River Narrows in Zion National Park. I liked how its delicate backlit leaves stood out against the mysterious stone shapes and striped water marks.

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