Southwest: North Rim of Grand Canyon

This morning, just 4 hours before making this image at Point Imperial, I saw a mountain lion dart from the road into the woods. It was at 2am near the north rim of the Grand Canyon. I keep asking my three friends who also saw it if it was all a dream. I'll not forget that moment the rest of my life--the way it glided into the woods in a flash with its gorgeous tail trailing behind in perfect balance, the way my heart pounded, the way my eyes tear up even now as I think upon it.