Caption

Mexican Hat, Utah - The Moki Dugway, an unpaved road with tight curves and no guardrails which descends 1200 feet from Cedar Mesa. The road was built in the 1950s to transport uranium ore from the mine to a mill

Date

Sep 21, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK25L61_034

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

80,2Mb (6,3Mb) / 21,6in x 14,4in / 6485 x 4323 (300dpi)

Keywords

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