Colorado National Monument, Colorado

Colorado National Monument

Text And Photography By Brian MacStay

Published June 23, 2009
Updated October 19, 2018

This image of a dead juniper tree, “Sunset Sentinel,” was captured during a warm summer afternoon, cliffside, at Coke Ovens Overlook inside Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction, Colo.

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