Photo Of The Day By Michael Rector

By Kristan Ashworth

Updated September 6, 2016

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “The View X 2” by Michael Rector. Location: Monument Valley, Utah.

Photo By Michael Rector

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “The View X 2” by Michael Rector. Location: Monument Valley, Utah.

“Driving back to the area in Monument Valley known as the view, I encountered another view of the view,” explained Rector.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook and Twitter. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published September 1, 2016

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