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These photographs of the Western Slope are used under the licenses shown, cropped and resized to fit the pages, and the edits beyond that are noted beside each one.

• Two-storey stone-block farmhouse with a red roof, wide front porch and brick chimney behind a white rail fence and dry grass, in Cedaredge Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source page.
• Mount Garfield's ribbed grey shale slopes and flat cliff top rising behind a green metal ranch fence at Palisade WClarke, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source page.
• Road descending toward the wide Grand Valley with the city spread below, the Book Cliffs and snowy Grand Mesa on the horizon Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0. Source page.
• Colorado River curving past farm plots and orange autumn trees in the Grand Valley, seen from a dry hillside Donna Boley, CC BY 2.0. Source page.
• Lawn, river-stone wall and vineyard rows beside a tan farm building, with the bare cliffs of Colorado National Monument behind WineCountryInn at English Wikivoyage, Public domain. Source page.
• Red-roofed Grand Valley roller dam and gatehouses on the Colorado River below tan cliffs, sending water into the Highline Canal Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source page.
• Full irrigation canal running through dry scrub and green willows north of Grand Junction, Book Cliffs on the horizon Afoxland at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source page.
• Low brick and blue-glass Delta County courthouse with a large spruce in front and a flag on a clear day Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0. Source page.
• Pale stone Mesa County courthouse with tall arched windows, seen past a lamp post, flower beds and a bronze statue Wusel007, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source page.
• Blue river water meeting at a gravel bar where the Uncompahgre joins the Gunnison, with bare cottonwoods on the bank Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0. Source page.
• White two-storey Victorian house in Delta with green trim, a screened wraparound porch and front steps, under bare trees Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0. Source page.
• Old brick Montrose house with a teal roof, upper balcony and big cottonwood on a green summer lawn Jeffrey Beall from Colorado, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source page.
• Tan and teal two-storey Montrose house with a round front porch, lavender and a short brick walk Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0. Source page.
• Aerial view of Paonia with the river winding past streets and orchards, patches of snow on the fields Steven Huntley, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source page.
• Paonia's Grand Avenue, low brick storefronts and parked cars, with a snowy peak and a dark hillside behind Cobun Keegan, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source page.
• Old brick house in Paonia with a dark shingle roof and side porch, framed by bare winter branches and a dry yard Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source page.
• White farmhouse with a green metal roof and small front porch in Hotchkiss, behind bare fruit trees and a large shrub Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source page. Cropped to the lower of two photos in the source file.
• Cedaredge seen from Cedar Mesa, green fields and school buildings below a long forested mesa Jaknelaps, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source page.
• Wide Uncompahgre Valley with green irrigated fields beyond juniper-dotted bluffs, long ridge on the horizon Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0. Source page.
• Snow-dusted walls of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison with low winter sun breaking through cloud NPS Photo, Public domain. Source page.
• Concrete-lined Fire Mountain Canal with muddy water beside a gravel road, fall-coloured trees and hills, eastern Delta County Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0. Source page.
• Rock diversion on the North Fork of the Gunnison with ice and fresh snow along the banks under a dark hill USFWS Mountain Prairie, Public domain. Source page.
• Bare grey-tan adobe hills of the Adobe Badlands near Delta, with Devils Thumb on the skyline and sparse brush below Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0. Source page.
• Pale Mancos Shale slopes rising to dark sandstone cliffs on the north side of the Grand Valley, deep blue sky James St. John, CC BY 2.0. Source page.
• Historic view down the arched concrete Gunnison Tunnel with rails and standing water on its floor Author unknown, Public domain. Source page. Cropped dark lantern-slide border.
• Concrete irrigation headgate with rusty steel wheel frames on a creek among green trees, on Colorado's Western Slope Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0. Source page.
• Large backflow preventer assembly with red valves and black pipe on a concrete pad, in a sunny yard Mds08011, CC BY 4.0. Source page.
• Red brick chimney with worn mortar, metal flashing and a round metal cap on a red shingle roof, blue sky Jon Sullivan, Public domain. Source page.
• Boxy beige evaporative cooler with louvred sides hung from a painted brick wall at a window, in Colorado summer sun Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source page.
• Outdoor heat pump unit in falling snow with its fan behind a grille and thick frost on the side coil PeterEastern, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source page. Cropped right edge to remove the maker's plate.
• Old rust-stained gas furnace with its front panel off Camzmac, CC BY 3.0. Source page. Blurred maker's name plate.
• Long icicles hanging from snowy eaves along the side of a pale sided house, bare branches above Robert Taylor from Stirling, ON, Canada, CC BY 2.0. Source page.
• Worn brass water meter with its lid flipped open, showing red dials and a broken face, on a speckled floor Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0. Source page.
• Concrete septic tank with two round access lids, set in a freshly dug hole of dark soil Nonztp, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source page. Blurred maker's logo and phone number; blurred capacity lettering.

34 photographs are listed above. The other 24 pictures on this site are AI-generated and are labeled where they appear.