Lake Mojave and the Colorado River at Dusk in the Mojave Desert

In this serene image lensed at dusk, the Colorado River snakes a serpentine path cut into the desert floor over millions of years. In the distance to the middle left in this image, where the river widens, is Lake Mojave. While flying back from exploring the wilderness to the south of the Grand Canyon I came upon this scene. It was late in the evening and the sky was tinted beautifully with pastel alpenglow effect.

To the right of the river, the smaller black mountain next to the river is called Opal Mountain and behind to the right of it is Copper Mountain. The large mountains on the horizon are the Newberry Mountains and this entire area in the picture is known as Cottonwood Valley.

This image is another from my ongoing project in which I am trying to raise awareness of the 47% of the USA and 90% of Canada that remain unpopulated wilderness.

Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition is my personal  mission to introduce people to these amazing locations that surround us.

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