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\"WestWest Desert campsite with mountains, sky and clearing storm clouds<\/span><\/p>\n

I am out wandering and I have a very poor cell signal so I will be surprised if this gets published. This is a photo taken before sunset last night where I am camping.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my photos of the West Desert of Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am out wandering and I have a very poor cell signal so I will be surprised if this gets published. This is a photo taken before Sunset last night where I am camping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[358,26,1314],"tags":[7070,5281,4382,4101,307,7071,4069,4197,7072],"class_list":["post-57302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","tag-camp-site","tag-campsite","tag-clearing-storm","tag-clouds","tag-evening","tag-fire-ring","tag-mountains","tag-stormy-sky","tag-wandering"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/west-desert-camp-site-mia-mcpherson-191300_resized_1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-eUe","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57311,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/04\/18\/went-wandering-to-fish-spring-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":57302,"position":0},"title":"Went Wandering To Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I went wandering to Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge yesterday and it was delightful because of the clear skies, the cool weather and the grand views of the mountains.","rel":"","context":"In "Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge"","block_context":{"text":"Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/fish-springs-nwr\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fish Springs NWR under a clear sky, West Desert, Juab County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fish-springs-clear-sky-mia-mcpherson-9904.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fish-springs-clear-sky-mia-mcpherson-9904.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fish-springs-clear-sky-mia-mcpherson-9904.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fish-springs-clear-sky-mia-mcpherson-9904.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60311,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/09\/19\/west-desert-views-while-looking-for-birds\/","url_meta":{"origin":57302,"position":1},"title":"West Desert Views While Looking For Birds","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I like to share some of the views I see while I am out wandering to look for birds because the scenery and different habitats I see at times are simply spectacular.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Stansbury Mountain Range view, Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stansbury-mountain-views-mia-mcpherson-0208.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stansbury-mountain-views-mia-mcpherson-0208.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stansbury-mountain-views-mia-mcpherson-0208.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stansbury-mountain-views-mia-mcpherson-0208.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60673,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/10\/05\/west-desert-wandering-birds-bees-and-blooms\/","url_meta":{"origin":57302,"position":2},"title":"West Desert Wandering – Birds, Bees, And Blooms","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Even though I came home with very few photos I'm still glad I went wandering. 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