I camped at the willow site near the green river to get a few photos of this beautiful surreal overlook and what I view I had in the morning and at night.

It got down to the 20s at night but it quickly warmed up with the suns radiant heat when it peaked over the horizon in the morning so the temperature was not bad overall.

The Green river meandered through the basin and has created its own set of canyons which reflected the lighter colors in the backdrop of the darker colors as the sunset creating a pastel array of design and dimension.  It seriously looks like a painting just being here looking out into the basin.

Further out are some canyon pulls and river rafting that I have heard to be quite awesome and remote if you have time to find yourself in solitude, drifting down the green river.  

Other photographers showed up, as expected, to take a crack at the sun setting over the range in the foreground.

The night time was interesting in itself as the milky way galaxy could be seen and I worked on a college of night photos to render the photograph at the bottom of the page.

I don't think I can ever get sick of coming to the Island in the Sky and I look forward to coming back more in the near future.

cell phone reception sucks and I was not able to reach out to anyone but the visitor center appeared to have service yet text messages and phone calls were not coming through.

Next stop will have to be the grand overview and an afternoon shot of mesa arch, yea I know so many people go there to photo the window but it is good practice.