{"id":81571,"date":"2021-03-16T06:25:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T12:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=81571"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:36:15","slug":"west-desert-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/03\/16\/west-desert-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"West Desert Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Snow-toppedSnow-topped Stansbury Mountains in February – Nikon D810, f9, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 18-200mm at 35mm, natural light
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Some days start off the wrong way and when they do I look for things that soothe me. Views of mountains calm me down so today I am sharing a simple view of some West Desert<\/span><\/a> mountains.<\/p>\n

When I booted my computer this morning there was an error on one of the drives so Windows 10 decided to scan and repair that drive which it does at a snail’s pace. Anyone who has had that scan occur knows exactly how dreadfully slow it goes.<\/p>\n

While the scan was running I couldn’t get to the files that I wanted to share today on my computer. The files weren’t on my lap top, smart phone, or tablet so I was stuck waiting and waiting some more.<\/p>\n

I sat here thinking it might be 9 am before I could publish a post.<\/p>\n

Then the scan got stuck at 22% of the volume of the drive. It just would not move past 22%.<\/p>\n

Since the scan wouldn’t move forward I decided to risk it, shut my computer down hard, waited 10 seconds, and then turned my computer back on. It worked. My computer booted normally. By then I had wasted more than an hour watching that scan on my screen. I’ll scan the offending drive manually later today.<\/p>\n

I knew I had taken a short series of photos of the West Desert Mountains back in February so I dipped into the files of that folder and processed this image because this view calms me.<\/p>\n

While I processed this photo I thought about the many times I have seen this view, the quietness I find in the West Desert, and the gifts of nature.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good even when it throws you a curve ball before the sun comes up.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Some days start off the wrong way and when they do I look for things that soothe me. Views of mountains calm me down so today I am sharing a simple view of some West Desert mountains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[358,26,1314],"tags":[4101,7046,11142,191,4378,4069,2326,4018,11143,4050,9493,373],"class_list":["post-81571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","tag-clouds","tag-dirt-road","tag-february","tag-landscapes","tag-morning","tag-mountains","tag-road","tag-sky","tag-slopes","tag-snow","tag-snow-topped","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t