It may not look like it, but this was taken at mid day.

That haziness was from wildfires in California; that summer the entire West was smoky, so everything was out of the ordinary* in way that wasn’t entirely comfortable. It was also the pandemic summer, so we spent many days driving and driving. But no matter how far we went, things were still weird.

Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah
photographed 9.7.2020

*Fun Fact #1: I was listening to “Burning Down the House”** and just as I typed “out of the ordinary” those VERY lyrics were on.
**Fun Fact #2: It was pretty loud and I was singing along***. You may have heard it from where you are.
***Fun Fact #3: I was home by myself. If anyone’s here I am expressly forbidden to sing out loud. Yes! That illustrates the, uh, quality**** of my singing voice.
****Fun Fact #4: Good thing I’m a photographer, if you know what I mean.