Utah | Lone Rock Beach, Lake Powell | PANORAMA [EXPLORE 2016.07.06]

            This super wide view in the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area was made by stitching together 8 hand-held manual exposures. 

Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona. It is a major vacation spot that is visited by approximately 2 million people every year. 
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When you travel in the desert, access to a body of water is a strange and welcome oasis. Just off Highway 89, outside of Big Water, Utah, one finds public access to the southwestern area of Lake Powell in Wahweap Bay at Lone Rock Beach. The Lone Rock is a solitary rock, but lonely it is not. 

It's one of the few places in the Glen Canyon Recreation area where people can drive nearly right up to the water's edge. The waterway is enjoyed by a steady stream of recreational activity and the beach area is also a primitive campground without  designated campsites. Off the right hand sight-line of this image there is a lineup of approximately 75-100 RVs and trucks parked in the soft sand at the shore, all facing that Lone Rock.

On the afternoon of my visit, I met a fellow who was escaping from the hellish 115°F (46°C) of Lake Havasu City, Arizona by cooling off in the water at Lone Rock Beach, where it was "only" 97°F degrees (36°C). 
 
A few miles away is the largest of the 5 marinas on Lake Powell, Wahweap Marina, where recreational boats are launched and serviced. Once in the water, speedboats encircle Lone Rock while towing people on waterskies or inflatable rafts. Jet skiers, paddleboats, and kayaks venture out to the rock, too.  

I read on the Wiki that Lone Rock was a filming location for the Doctor Who story, "The Impossible Astronaut," the first episode of the sixth series, broadcast in April 2011.

Taken in: United States / Arizona / Coconino (show map)

Taken on: June 3, 2016

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Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/18.0, 1/60 sec, 24mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 70D
Lens:	EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
Aperture:	f/18.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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