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Most of the photography on this site was taken by Southwest Adventure Tours on its own tours. The 52 photographs listed below were not: they come from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons or public-domain terms, and this page is where their photographers are credited in full.

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  1. The Bryce Amphitheatre packed with orange hoodoos, seen from the rim trail.

    “Jon Zander (Digon3)”

    License:
    CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Bryce Canyon National Park 1-Day Tour from Salt Lake City
  2. A turquoise glacial lake ringed by boulders near the head of the canyon.

    Andrey Zharkikh

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Snowbird Summer Excursion Day Tour
  3. The alpine basin above Little Cottonwood Canyon in summer, granite ridges holding small lakes.

    Andrey Zharkikh

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Snowbird Summer Excursion Day Tour
  4. A granite ridgeline high in Little Cottonwood Canyon with the valley far below.

    Andrey Zharkikh

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Snowbird Summer Excursion Day Tour
  5. The road tunnel cut through red rock on Scenic Byway 12 at Red Canyon, on the way in.

    Aneta Kaluzna

    License:
    CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Bryce Canyon National Park 1-Day Tour from Salt Lake City
  6. Landscape Arch, a 290-foot ribbon of stone spanning the head of Devils Garden.

    Arches National Park

    License:
    Public domain
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    1 Day Arches National Park Tour from Salt Lake City
  7. Close-packed hoodoo walls below the Bryce rim, banded pink and white where the limestone erodes at different rates.

    Bernard Spragg. NZ

    License:
    CC0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Bryce Canyon National Park 1-Day Tour from Salt Lake City
  8. Spectators at the Bonneville Speedway during Speed Week, when the flats become a land-speed racing course.

    BLMUtah

    License:
    Public domain
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Bonneville Salt Flats Adventure
  9. Delicate Arch standing alone on its sandstone bowl with the La Sal Mountains behind.

    CGP Grey

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    1 Day Arches National Park Tour from Salt Lake City
  10. The highway north into Cache Valley with the snow-covered Wellsville Mountains ahead.

    Chris Light

    License:
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Hardware Ranch Elk Refuge Adventure
  11. The glass-roofed arcade of City Creek Center, with the restored creek running below the walkways.

    Chris Light

    License:
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Walking Tour
  12. The Natural History Museum of Utah, its copper-clad walls set into the hillside below the Wasatch foothills.

    Chris Light

    License:
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Museum Tour
  13. The spires and green copper roof of the Cathedral of the Madeleine seen from below.

    Chris Light

    License:
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Museum Tour
  14. The Romanesque west front and twin towers of the Cathedral of the Madeleine on South Temple.

    claralieu

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Museum Tour
  15. A bison crossing the island's single paved road, which is exactly how most visitors meet the herd.

    D. Sharon Pruitt

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island
  16. The timber silo and outbuildings of Fielding Garr Ranch, worked continuously from 1848 to 1981.

    dconvertini

    License:
    CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island
  17. Two cars alone on the Bonneville Salt Flats, dwarfed by a white salt plain that runs to the mountains.

    Dietmar Rabich

    License:
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Bonneville Salt Flats Adventure
  18. A single vehicle on the salt, the only object in a landscape with no other scale reference.

    Dietmar Rabich

    License:
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Bonneville Salt Flats Adventure
  19. The freestyle aerials training pool at Utah Olympic Park, with the water ramps that jumpers land into through the summer.

    Domenico Convertini

    License:
    CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Park City & Olympic Heritage Excursion
  20. The bobsled and luge track at Utah Olympic Park curving down through the pines.

    Domenico Convertini

    License:
    CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Park City & Olympic Heritage Excursion
  21. A chairlift tower above the parking area at Utah Olympic Park, the arrival point for the 2002 Winter Olympic venue.

    Domenico Convertini

    License:
    CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Park City & Olympic Heritage Excursion
  22. A pronghorn standing in dry grass on Antelope Island with the snow-topped Wasatch behind.

    Ed Yourdon

    License:
    CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island
  23. Walkers on the Queen's Garden Trail between pale hoodoos and scattered pines, below the amphitheatre rim.

    Fabio Achilli

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Bryce Canyon National Park 1-Day Tour from Salt Lake City
  24. The shoreline of the Great Salt Lake, pale mineral flats running out to open water and distant ranges.

    Farragutful

    License:
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island
  25. Downtown Salt Lake City seen from the green foothills of the east bench.

    Garrett

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Highlights Driving Tour
  26. The south front of the Utah State Capitol, columns and dome above a wide flight of steps.

    Hansueli Krapf

    License:
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Highlights Driving Tour
  27. Downtown Salt Lake City on a clear spring day, the snow-covered peaks of the Wasatch Range rising directly behind the towers.

    Invictus323

    License:
    CC BY 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Walking Tour
  28. A lone bison grazing on Antelope Island in low golden light under a heavy sky.

    JC Essentials ;)

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island
  29. Mounted Jurassic skeletons in the Past Worlds gallery at the Natural History Museum of Utah, the hall rising several floors above them.

    Jens Lallensack

    License:
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Museum Tour
  30. The weathered copper skin of the Natural History Museum of Utah, banded like the rock strata it was modeled on.

    Jim Nista

    License:
    CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Museum Tour
  31. Brigham Young's Beehive House on South Temple Street, a white adobe and timber house with a two-storey veranda.

    Jizzbug at en.wikipedia

    License:
    CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Walking Tour
  32. The six granite spires of the Salt Lake Temple rising above the trees and lawns of Temple Square.

    Jonmallard

    License:
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Walking Tour, Salt Lake City Highlights Driving Tour
  33. A horse-drawn sleigh carrying visitors slowly through the wintering elk herd at Hardware Ranch.

    Kasiarunachalam

    License:
    CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Hardware Ranch Elk Refuge Adventure
  34. Walkers dwarfed by the canyon walls on the Wall Street section of the Navajo Loop.

    Ken Lund

    License:
    CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Bryce Canyon National Park 1-Day Tour from Salt Lake City
  35. Hikers descending the switchbacks of the Navajo Loop into Wall Street, a narrow slot between sheer walls.

    Ken Lund

    License:
    CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Bryce Canyon National Park 1-Day Tour from Salt Lake City
  36. The cracked edge of the salt crust where it meets standing water, with the mountains reflected beyond.

    m01229

    License:
    CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Bonneville Salt Flats Adventure
  37. An American avocet wading in shallow water — one of the migratory shorebird species the Great Salt Lake supports in the millions.

    Melissa McMasters

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island
  38. The ski jump in-runs at Utah Olympic Park under snow, the K120 and its neighbors dropping down the hillside.

    MICHAEL JIROCH & …

    License:
    CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Park City & Olympic Heritage Excursion
  39. The painted timber storefronts of historic Main Street in Park City, with the ski mountain rising at the end of the road.

    Michelle Maria

    License:
    CC BY 3.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Park City & Olympic Heritage Excursion
  40. A red trolley bus running past the old general store on Park City's Main Street.

    Michelle Maria

    License:
    CC BY 3.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Park City & Olympic Heritage Excursion
  41. A shallow layer of water standing on the Bonneville Salt Flats at sunrise, reflecting the sky end to end.

    Mx. Granger

    License:
    CC0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    The best time to visit the Bonneville Salt Flats
  42. Sunrise reflected in the shallow water covering the Bonneville Salt Flats, the Silver Island Mountains doubled in the mirror.

    Mx. Granger

    License:
    CC0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Bonneville Salt Flats Adventure
  43. The rock towers of the Windows Section under a clear desert sky.

    Nikater

    License:
    Public domain
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    1 Day Arches National Park Tour from Salt Lake City
  44. The Utah State Capitol on the bench above downtown, its copper dome and Corinthian columns seen across the lawns.

    Pocksuppet1999

    License:
    CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Walking Tour
  45. Several hundred elk spread across the snow-covered floor of Hardware Ranch's feeding meadow.

    runt35

    License:
    CC BY 3.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Hardware Ranch Elk Refuge Adventure
  46. The Salt Lake Valley seen from Hidden Peak at the top of the Snowbird tram, the Wasatch slopes bare of snow in summer.

    runt35

    License:
    CC BY 3.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Snowbird Summer Excursion Day Tour
  47. The road across Antelope Island under a moonlit sky, long after the last of the daylight has gone.

    Russ

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake Antelope Island Dark Sky Experience
  48. Indian paintbrush and mountain wildflowers in an alpine meadow at the height of the summer bloom.

    Scott Catron

    License:
    CC BY 2.5
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Snowbird Summer Excursion Day Tour
  49. Lupine flowering on a Wasatch hillside in July.

    Scott Catron

    License:
    CC BY 2.5
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Snowbird Summer Excursion Day Tour
  50. Sunset over the Great Salt Lake from Antelope Island, the hour before the stars come out.

    Simple Insomnia

    License:
    CC BY 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake Antelope Island Dark Sky Experience
  51. The Grand Hall of the Union Pacific Depot, a barrel-vaulted room with murals and stained glass at each end.

    SounderBruce

    License:
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Salt Lake City Museum Tour
  52. The approach road into Deer Valley Resort, stone gateposts and a marked crossing where the resort road leaves the highway.

    Tony Webster

    License:
    CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source:
    Wikimedia Commons
    Used on:
    Park City & Olympic Heritage Excursion