Dead Horse State Park
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Dead Horse State Park
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
DEAD HORSE STATE PARK by PRISCILLA BURGERS
Dead Horse State Park, near Moab, Utah, has a sad but interesting story about how it received its name. Dead Horse Point is a peninsula of rock atop sheer sandstone cliffs. The peninsula is connected to the mesa by a narrow strip of land called the neck. According to legend, around the turn of the century the point was used as a corral for wild mustangs roaming the mesa top. Cowboys rounded up these horses, herded them across the narrow neck of land and onto the point. The neck, which is only 30-yards-wide, was then fenced off with branches and brush. This created a natural corral surrounded by precipitous cliffs straight down on all sides, affording no escape. Cowboys then chose the horses they wanted and let the culls or broomtails go free. One time, for some unknown reason, horses were left corralled on the waterless point where they died of thirst within view of the Colorado River, 2,000 feet below. This image would pair very nicely with my image of Canyonlands After the Storm, which was photographed nearby.
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January 23rd, 2015
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Comments (38)
Regina Geoghan
Wonderful - the depth, detail and colors are amazing. Congrats on your featuring in Orange Euphoria.
Rahdne Zola
Priscilla, this beauty has been featured in the Orange Euphoria exhibit 'Terrestrial Orange'. Congratulations! g+/tweet!
Rahdne Zola
An absolutely sublime photograph, Priscilla! The perspective and composition are perfect. The color pallet is magnificent. Love this!
Jan Moore
Amazing!! The colors are rich and vivid. Congratulations on this successful work of art! v/f/l
Jeannie Rhode Photography
Priscilla, Congratulations on your Feature in Wisconsin Flower and Scenery !
Randy Rosenberger
It is an honor and a privilege as an administrator of one of the top groups on FAA, our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group, to promote and highlight your awesome artworks on our homepage in one of the prestigious positions, on our group Featuring HOMEPAGE! Your artworks show your love of what you do, and is refined to where we not only accept and promote your fine works, but welcome that opportunity. It is a pleasure to have you as a member of our family of friends and fine artists in the WFS group. Thanks for sharing! LIKED and FAVED Forever, Elvis
Dave Files
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Nature and Landscape Photography!"
Judy Vincent
Wonderful image! Congratulations on your feature in the “Landscape and Landmark Photography” group!
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