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Nov 4 2026 | By: Jim Zuckerman Photography

This is another drone shot of the uniquely beautiful Bentonite Hills near Hanksville, Utah. The drone's camera was angled straight downward from 213 feet above the land forms using the 70mm medium telephoto lens. The settings were 1/15, f/2.8, and 220 ISO. Note how sharp the image is despite the slow shutter speed. Drones are remarkably stable, enabling us to use slow shutters, do HDR, and create panorama images consisting of several frames (that are stitched together while in flight). Bentonite clay was formed from volcanic ash that covered the landscape during the late Jurassic period about 150 million years ago. I'd guess the distance from left to right in this picture is about 600 to 700 feet -- just to give you a sense of scale.

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