Photography By Dave

Cache Valley Sunset June 2010.

The Bear River is a river, approximately 350 miles (560 km) long, in southwestern Wyoming, southeastern Idaho, and northern Utah, in the United States. The largest tributary of the Great Salt Lake, it drains a mountainous area and farming valleys east of the lake and southwest of the Snake River Plain.” Seen here from “Cutler Reservoir an impoundment on the Bear River built for irrigation, flood control, and water supply.” Quoted From Cutler Reservoir and Bear River on Wikipedia.org

Four beautifully dark and foreboding images taken at sunset west of Logan Utah on October 10th 2009. Fence posts, barbed wire and teasel stalks in silhouette.

“Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, is the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere, the fourth-largest terminal lake in the world, and the 37th-largest lake on Earth. In an average year the lake covers an area of around 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2), but the lake’s size fluctuates substantially due to its shallowness.” Quoted from Great Salt Lake – Wikipedia.org The pictures below show heavy salt deposits along the shore line of the north shore. Photo taken September 2008 by David Densley.

Sunset west of Logan. August 2009 by David Densley.

Old Barn and Cattle Loading Ramp at Sunset West of Logan Utah. Photo taken June 2009 by David Densley.

A stand of Teasel near Benson Marina, Benson Utah May 2009.

Sunflowers partially hide a sunset above the Bear River in Benson Utah. August 2008.

“Castilleja, commonly known as Indian paintbrush or Prairie-fire, is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, as well as northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae, They are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.” Wikipedia – Castilleja