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To purchase this image as an exclusive limited edition print please visit my website @ WWW.NATEZEMAN.COMThis is the False Kiva Ruin. Located in an undisclosed location in a remote section of Canyonlands National Park. You won't find this spot on any map, or in any books. Chances are anyone who's been there won't tell you where it is. The location is kept quiet because of its remote and rugged location. There is no practical way to protect these fragile cultural resources. It's sad to say, but there are always those who don't respect these irreplaceable locations, and have to ruin the fun for everyone else.
This site is called "False Kiva" because many people falsely believe the main round structure to be a ceremonial kiva room. These were actually common shelters for ancestral Puebloan people living in this area around A.D. 1200. A partial excavation in 1986 proved it was only used for daily activities like cooking and sleeping.
This is truly an amazing place to experience. It's the quietest place I've ever been. Standing in this alcove high up in a sheer canyon wall, it's not hard to imagine the people that inhabited this place long ago.
This was a really tricky image to make. I used a circ. polarizer and two stacked grad nd filters to try to even out the exposure.
False Kiva Ruin - Utah
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a wonderful sense of time place...red clay on my hands.
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Beautifull window, I'd like to go there once !
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gasp! Home! My parents live in south east Utah where a lot of this type of scenery can be seen. Now I'm surrounded by concrete. So sad.
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It looks like a view in the past... when dinosaurs lived on earth! ^^
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Yeah, I'll be like everyone else and show you a link to a large format shot I've seen before. My bestfriend's ex used to work for this photograph David Brookover out of Jackson Hole Wy. Anyhoo, he created a large format photo of this using three vert. shots and stitching them together.
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How did you find this spot then? I've seen another photo of this same place a while ago and it was panoramic, which was cool, but your is just as awesome. The blue, clouds, and beautiful structure are all just perfect and it is really wonderful to look at ^^
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Just so you know, I featured this photo in my journal for Awesome Photography.
You can take a peek here if you'd like: [link]
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Amazing- the perspective of the foreground makes the whole picture.
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Saw this pic on the wall.
Though is was a little bit different...
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Even those desolate Landscape has it's own Magic 
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woooow that's so awesome.. you're right I've never heard of that before. Thats sad that people want to ruin it :c
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It's so surreal how beautiful it is and also for the fact that it's a clear, sunny day out. Amazing shot!
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wow you must know who peter lik is...
i see a lot of his style in your work
i dig
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wow it's amazing!!
good job I love your pictures
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Wonderful capture, congratulations for finding this place and thanks for sharing this picture. I like the way you don't disclose sensible information.
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glad you shared the image, but not the location of the place. you were lucky to be able to feel the soul of the space, and most would just wish to get a souvenir and photograph themselves there.
awesome image of the special place
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Your wonderful work(s) has been featured
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Wow! Some really awesome focus there!
Beautiful!
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biggest coincidense, ive had a photo of this as my background for like 6 months. ALways wondered what and where it was.
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The photo truly reveals the magical nature of this extraordinary place. It's wonderful locations like this still exist on this planet!
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sunsets in Utah, Southern Utah in particular, are amazing. Believe me, I live there
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Never been to Canyonlands. Seems like I might need to clear out some time to make a trip there. If I put my mind to it, I think I could find this location. Looks like it is probably worth the effort. Unfortunately you are right about people's respect for the land, or lack thereof. Seems like every time you find someplace magical, you have to keep it a secret to keep some asshole from treating it like a landfill.
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Thanks for the description, Nate - very illuminating. I can understand why the location is kept secret. A shame, but it has to be so.
As for the image - I think you've done a great job. I especially like the mouth of the cave arcing overhead, which gives a really good sense of place to the ruin.
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well worth the effort my man. might be an interesting sunrise/sunset study there depending on position of sun. way to get there
aF
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yeah.. i was actually here for sunrise and sunset (which is when this photo was taken) they sunset kinda fizzled out though
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one of those things to shoot over and over...i know that feeling
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This photo is simply stunning. You did an amazing job of capturing the mood of this unique place. The framing of this really works and makes it feel like a secret hidden location. The locations of certain things just need to be kept a secret because once the general public becomes aware all it takes is the blatant disrespect of a few to ruin it for everyone.
I'm originally from Northern California and one of the great treasures of the pacific coast is the Redwood forests which are home to the tallest trees in the world. In the past the record holding tallest trees were revealed to the public and flocks of tourists would come to see the giants which was very damaging to the root systems of these trees. Because of this the locations of the tallest trees (there have been 3 tallest trees since 2000 because of new discoveries) have been kept secret by biologists.
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You've definitely succeeded in capturing the mystical essence of the place Nate! Thanks for traveling us there!
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thanks its a really amazing place!
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First, thank you for not telling where you took the shot. Second, I like the way you brought out the clouds in the background. Absolutely stunning.
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that is an awesome shot, but it is in a book, one of the most popular books about photographing southwest utah :0
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its a really popular spot for photographers
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when I was in grad school I had a portal poster of this same site...looking out, as you have shot it. Being interested in petroglyphs, I tried to find out where it was once, but then decided to just enjoy the view that I had.
Incidentally, yours is a much better image.
Thanks for sharing this one...
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