Monument Valley, wide open

Pulled back wider from the Mittens to take in how much open space surrounds them — smaller buttes and spires scattered across miles of high desert floor, with the valley’s namesake formations just one part of a much larger scene.

Getting the shot

Brighter midday light flattened the reds a little compared to the golden-hour shot, but it cleaned up the sky to a deep, near-cloudless blue that let the scattered buttes on the horizon read clearly at a distance.