“Once we’ve cruised past the dark-veined ridges of rock ,snow and greenery, we sail into the West. Utah is painted with impossible reds and ochre for as far as the eye can see, which is easily 150 miles in any direction. Creation exists on a colossal scale from high altitude:The Colorado took eons to carve a snaky ravine a thousand miles north and south. Prehistoric volcanoes leave behind the vaulted canyons and red chimneys of Monument Valley and Valley of the Gods below.”