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first in a series of personal odysseys that explore sacred earth sites. A joint project by photographer Scott Angus and Emily Sopensky. first in a series of personal odysseys that explore sacred earth sites. A joint project by photographer Scott Angus and Emily Sopensky.
ON LOCATION 14 I E S C A L A N T E P L AT E A U , E S C A L A N T E , U TA H About the time that the thirteen original states were organizing as the United States, a Franciscan monk, Silvestre Escalante, became the first European explorer in this region. Much of Escalante, the town, is surrounded by the national monument. 62
Escalante’s Endless Escape. The Escalante Plateau is like a sea of rock, with endless swells hitting an unseen beachhead.
- Page 17 and 18: Bear Mound, Iowa. Bear Mound - Effi
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- Page 21 and 22: “Wineman’s” Bluff, Missouri.
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- Page 25 and 26: Mountain Ridge, Colorado Plateau, C
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- Page 29 and 30: Stone Circle, Colorado. Stone Circl
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- Page 33 and 34: Endless Embrace. Scruff in the fore
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- Page 37: Undulating Seams. Shot at high noon
- Page 40 and 41: Eternal Sky Meets Age-old Artifices
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- Page 45: Beyond Approach. Cliffs drop off to
- Page 48 and 49: ON LOCATION 9 I BLACK MESA, ARIZONA
- Page 50 and 51: A Stairway (Black Mesa, Arizona). S
- Page 52 and 53: ON LOCATION 10 I S U P E R S T I T
- Page 54 and 55: The Stillness of a Whisper. Apache
- Page 56 and 57: ON LOCATION 11 I B O R D E R , A R
- Page 58 and 59: Arizona-Nevada border, north of the
- Page 60 and 61: ON LOCATION 12 I A N A S A Z I R U
- Page 62 and 63: The Winding Way. Arizona Anasazi Ru
- Page 64 and 65: ON LOCATION 13 I Z U N I L A N D S
- Page 66 and 67: Split Tree in Black-and-White. A Zu
- Page 70 and 71: Bleak Plateau. In black-and-white,
- Page 72 and 73: Sagacious Sage. A backward glance c
- Page 74 and 75: Sage Glance. The black and white ta
- Page 76 and 77: Waves Frozen in Motion. This image
- Page 78 and 79: Holding Pen. So much more depth sho
- Page 80 and 81: Escalante Plateau - the Fortress. S
- Page 82 and 83: Escalante Plateau Crevasse. The con
- Page 84 and 85: ON LOCATION 15 I C A P I TO L R E E
- Page 86 and 87: The Striped Tower The Striped Tower
- Page 88 and 89: ON LOCATION 16 I B RY C E C A N Y O
- Page 90 and 91: Pins and Needles. Depths of torture
- Page 92 and 93: s In the Shadows. Fortress of red r
- Page 94 and 95: s A Void. Forming a dark secret
- Page 96 and 97: Lake Protected by Rock. Beneficial
- Page 98 and 99: Ghost Mountain. The haunting of a l
- Page 100 and 101: ON LOCATION 17 I “ H OV ” H OV
- Page 102 and 103: Anasazi Cloud Crowd. Near Escalante
- Page 104 and 105: ON LOCATION 18 I Z I O N N AT I O N
- Page 106 and 107: In Between. Spiritual energy emits
- Page 108 and 109: ON LOCATION 19 I M O J AV E D E S E
- Page 110 and 111: Ominous Space. Darkened lens highli
- Page 112 and 113: ON LOCATION 20 I N E VA DA , O N T
- Page 114 and 115: s Warrior. Illustrating the narrati
- Page 116 and 117: ON LOCATION 21 I CAHOKIA, ILLINOIS
Escalante’s Endless Escape. The Escalante Plateau is like a sea of rock, with endless swells hitting an unseen beachhead.