{"id":59714,"date":"2019-08-25T05:20:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T11:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=59714"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:07:20","slug":"cooling-winter-views-of-the-great-salt-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/08\/25\/cooling-winter-views-of-the-great-salt-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooling Winter Views Of The Great Salt Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-174034 size-full\" title=\"Antelope Island with a winter view of the Great Salt Lake, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8911.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8911.jpg\" alt=\"Antelope Island with a winter view of the Great Salt Lake, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8911-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8911-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8911-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8911-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8911.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Antelope Island with a winter view of the Great Salt Lake &#8211; Nikon D810, f11, 1\/2500, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 18mm, natural light<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The heat here in the Salt Lake Valley has been getting to me so when my friend, artist and photographer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mark.perry.58118774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mark Perry<\/span><\/a> posted some images of Bear River MBR during the winter yesterday his photos helped me to remember that in time this heat will move on, fall will arrive and winter will make an appearance soon after. Cooler weather will come but for now we just have to get through the high temps.<\/p>\n<p>I thought of some of the photos I have taken of the Great Salt Lake during the winter from Antelope Island State Park and while looking through them I decided to share these images taken on March 4, 2018 of the snow, lake, clouds, sky, shoreline and mountains in the distance.<\/p>\n<p>I also realized I haven&#8217;t been taking as many landscape images as I used to and that I need to go back to doing that again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-149304 size-full\" title=\"Snow storm building over the Great Salt Lake with California Gulls In Flight, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\u00a0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8922.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8922.jpg\" alt=\"Snow storm building over the Great Salt Lake with California Gulls In Flight, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\u00a0\" width=\"900\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27563%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20563%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27563%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8922-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8922-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8922-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8922-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/antelope-island-snow-lake-clouds-mia-mcpherson-8922.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Snow storm building over the Great Salt Lake &#8211; Nikon D810, f11, 1\/3200, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 95mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I live in such a beautiful state and even though birds are my primary focus as subjects the natural world that surrounds me is endlessly fascinating, stunning and I hope I never lose the sense of wonder I feel when I see it.<\/p>\n<p>I know cooler weather is ahead and these photos are reminders of that.<\/p>\n<p>Life is good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateparks.utah.gov\/parks\/antelope-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a> information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Antelope Island State Park was established in 1969<\/li>\n<li>The park is 28,800-acre in size. The Great Salt Lake surrounds the island and it is the largest island in the Great Salt Lake.<\/li>\n<li>The highest point on the island is <span class=\"searchmatch\">Frary<\/span> <span class=\"searchmatch\">Peak<\/span> at 6,589 feet<\/li>\n<li>Antelope Island State Park is well known for the American Bison that roam the island, the size of the herd varies from 500 to 750 depending on the time of the year. Bison in excess of 500 are culled during the Bison Round Up. Other large mammals on the island are pronghorn, badgers, coyotes, mule deer and bighorn sheep.<\/li>\n<li>Antelope Island has dry campsites.<\/li>\n<li>Birding on the island and the causeway to the island is world class. 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