{"id":5031,"date":"2012-05-20T03:55:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T09:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5031"},"modified":"2024-07-27T11:22:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T16:22:06","slug":"yeah-utah-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/05\/20\/yeah-utah-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeah… Utah Rocks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FlamingFlaming Gorge at sunrise under stormy skies<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes a picture says more than words so I’ll just say Flaming Gorge in Utah is awesome at sunrise with storm clouds moving in.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

More information about Flaming Gorge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes a picture says more than words so I’ll just say Flaming Gorge is awesome at sunrise with storm clouds moving in. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1159,981,838,26],"tags":[4291,3466,4101,4244,4390,5672,11320,4069,4035,6355,4018,165,609,4190,4091,3996],"class_list":["post-5031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-flat","category-flaming-gorge-national-recreation-area","category-lakes","category-utah","tag-antelope-flat","tag-cliffs","tag-clouds","tag-flaming-gorge-national-recreation-area","tag-flaming-gorge-reservoir","tag-flats","tag-gorge","tag-mountains","tag-nature-photography","tag-reserviors","tag-sky","tag-spring","tag-stormy-skies","tag-sunrise","tag-virga","tag-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/flaming-gorge-mia-mcpherson-8101.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1j9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21044,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/03\/23\/morning-light-on-flaming-gorge\/","url_meta":{"origin":5031,"position":0},"title":"Morning Light On Flaming Gorge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"How could anyone look at this view of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir and the red sandstone cliffs being lit by the morning sun and not feel joy?","rel":"","context":"In "Daggett County"","block_context":{"text":"Daggett County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/daggett-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Morning light on Flaming Gorge, as seen from Antelope Flat, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Antelope Flat, Daggett County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/flaming-gorge-reservoir-mia-mcpherson-4891.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/flaming-gorge-reservoir-mia-mcpherson-4891.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/flaming-gorge-reservoir-mia-mcpherson-4891.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/flaming-gorge-reservoir-mia-mcpherson-4891.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9532,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/22\/my-first-visit-flaming-gorge-national-recreation-area-two-years-ago\/","url_meta":{"origin":5031,"position":1},"title":"My first visit to Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area two years ago","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Two years ago I made my first journey to Flaming Gorge National Recreation are in Utah and it was an eye opening experience. 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