Wonderful Wastelands - 4k UHD time lapse from Utah

WONDERFUL WASTELANDS
Photographed and produced 2014-2019, this 4 minute short film will take you to theremote wilderness of Western USA, mainly in southern Utah.
You will see monumental mountains, vast and colorful wastelands, remnants from volcanic activity, impressive geological features and eroded layers of rock revealing hundreds of millions of years from Earth's history.
In 2017, president Donald Trump announced reductions to two of Utah's - and also USA's - largest mainland National Monuments:
1. Bears Ears National Monument, originally 1,351,849 acres or 5,470.74 km2.
2. Grand Staircase Escalante, originally 1,880,461 acres or 7,610 km2.
February 2nd 2018, the decision to downsize the two national monuments took effect. Bears Ears National Monument was reduced by a devastating 84% to just 201,876 acres, an exceptionally large reduction that is unprecedented in the history of U.S. national monuments.
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument was effectively reduced to about half its original size, to 1,003,863 acres.
Having visited these beautiful areas of the world several times, I was shocked to know these actions could actually happen in our time. These protected areas are now being subject to mineral, oil and gas exploration, and earlier habitat protections for endangered species are being rolled back.
The film builds up to a powerful, and a bit angry, musical climax in the middle, which kind of symbolizes my anger with president Trump's actions regarding those national monuments.
The second half of the film is darker and more gloomy, picturing a post-apocalyptic scenario where animals and plants are non-existent. Machines have taken over the earth.
If you are a nature lover and care about protecting fragile areas and wildlife habitats, please share this video. Your comments and thoughts on this issue are also most welcome!
Filming locations:
Moonscape Overlook, Utah
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
San Rafael Reef, Utah
North Caineville Mesa, Utah
Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Comb Ridge, Utah
Arches National Park, Utah
Red Rock Canyon State Park, California
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
Shiprock, New Mexico
The powerful and dynamic music scores used are "The Human Compulsion" and "The March of the Machines" from the album "The Source", used with permission from Arjen Lucassen's Ayreon:
www.arjenlucass...
Photographed, edited and produced by Jørn Tømmerås, Trondheim, Norway.
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Copyright (2019) Jørn Tømmerås

[@MyFriendlyPup]

We haven't gone to mars. You are basically there now.

[@jorntommeras]

Wait for my next movie! Then you'll go to mars! ;-)

[@Vlaakster]

Really beautiful work! I enjoyed this a lot and the music was a nice complement. Thanks also for your message at the end. Sad times.

[@jorntommeras]

Thank you so much Marshall! Happy to hear you liked it! Yeah, I don't think shrinking national monuments is the way to go, at least not if the purpose is oil/gas exploration, as it seems to be in this case.

[@jackbolshaw6898]

Great video and with a very important message

[@jorntommeras]

Thank you Jack! :) Your new video is awesome btw!

[@bulgariafilms]

Nice shoots!! Great

[@jorntommeras]

Thanks! Happy to hear you liked my film! :-)