This image was taken March 9, 2025 at the Great Salt Lake, from the causeway to Antelope Island looking northwest-ish towards Fremont Island and Promontory Point. It’s a familiar scene, but on this evening, migration hadn't started and there weren’t a lot of birds around, so the water was dead calm. The reflection was like polished glass, a mirror, doubling the island and sky.

Minimal, serene, simple, pastel, calm.

On May 12, 2025, northern Utah was under a wind advisory. Communities and neighborhoods lost power from the wind. From above the valley, one could look to the west and see the dust blowing in plumes and devils across Great Salt Lake. I grabbed my camera and went to the south shore to see what was happening.

It was windy in town, no doubt about it. But the further west I drove, it became clear that Salt Lake City was not experiencing the same wind and dust that was happening out of town. The dust was blowing off the slag heap across the freeway, blowing in from the west desert, blowing across the playa of Great Salt Lake.