Horseshoe Bend is a 270° horseshoe shaped curve in the Colorado River in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area that attracts about 2 million visitors a year. In recent years, the site’s visibility has boomed because it has been popularized on social media. I can attest to that fact after seeing hundreds of people in the two hours we were there, posing for selfies while perched precariously on the edges of unfenced red sandstone outcroppings, doing handstands and jumping jacks, running up and down the slopes in unstable flip flops all apparently unaware of the stupidity of such actions. I stayed behind the protective fence on one edge where I took this photograph although most of the area surrounding the bend is not fenced. Swarms of people came and went, most barely acknowledging the stunningly gorgeous vista before them other than making it the backdrop for their carefully posed selfies.
Beautiful!
12 mm lens?