Dead Horse Point State Park at Moab Utah towers 2000 feet above the Colorado river. According to one legend, the point was once used (mid 1800's) as a corral for wild mustangs roaming the mesa. Cowboys herded the horses across the narrow neck of land which is only 30 yards wide and the only way on or off the point, (seen in the first picture of the road) and built fencing of fallen trees to keep them in while they selected the best for use. For an unknown reason they left the remaining horses on the point and their water ran out and the rest of the herd died. Dead Horse Point is about 6000 feet above sea level and provides stunning views of the canyonlands and the Colorado River to the south. The brilliant blue evaporation ponds in the pictures are from the process of extracting potash from the mine 20 miles outside of Moab along the Colorado River.  The ponds are lined to protect the Colorado River from any leaching of the potash process back into the river.