slgwv's photos with the keyword: silty

Upstream from Moab, Utah. Justifying its name! "Colorado" is literally "colored" in Spanish, but often means red. The Colorado was originally named because, before the 20th century dams, it was usually reddish with its silt load. Here, tho, we're upstream from the dams and the red silt load is due to runoff from the monsoon thunderstorms.