Tear in the Earth and Sky

Green River Overlook • Canyonlands National Park, Utah

This photograph captures one of the most dramatic views in Canyonlands National Park, where the ancient canyons of the Southwest open up beneath an incredibly dark and vibrant Milky Way. From the overlook, the land appears split wide open, revealing deep channels carved by the Green River over millions of years. Above it, the night sky seems to mirror that same divide, glowing with colors and detail that are rarely seen with the naked eye.

The result is a powerful meeting of earth and sky, as if the landscape and the cosmos share a single fracture line stretching from the desert floor to the heart of the galaxy. The soft shimmer of airglow adds a subtle green hue near the horizon, while the Milky Way rises in a towering column of light that pulls your eye upward.

Photographed under some of the darkest skies in the United States, this scene shows the raw beauty of Canyonlands after nightfall. It is perfect for anyone drawn to the quiet mystery of the desert, the grandeur of the Milky Way, or the feeling of standing at the edge of something vast and ancient.

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