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  • Winter sunset at the iconic Delicate Arch in Moab, Utah
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  • Sleeping Ute Mountain near Towaoc, Colorado seems to be the epicenter of this winter storm with fast changing skies.
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  • The morning sun rises upon the Cholla Garden in Joshua Tree National Park, California, giving a backlit glow to the dense concentration of teddy bear cholla.
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  • A single spot of light breaks through the rain and clouds on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
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  • The iconic sunrise view through Mesa Arch at Canyonlands National Park near Moab, Utah
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  • Sculpted by water, wind and time, this is the sandstone formation called "Lady in the Wind" in Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona.
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  • Sunrise at the remote Toroweap Overlook on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona
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  • Among the lingering shadows awaiting the night at Bisti Badlands in northwest New Mexico
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  • Known as Shiprock, this 1700-foot eroded volcanic plume is sacred to the Navajos as Tse Bi dahi, or the Rock with Wings. The name comes from an ancient folk myth that tells how the rock was once a great bird that transported the ancestral people of the Navajos to their lands in what is now northwestern New Mexico. Geologists tell us this mountain was formed by a volcanic vent 27 million years ago. Shiprock is the world's finest example of an exposed volcanic throat. It can be seen for 100 miles.
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  • Known as Shiprock, this 1700-foot eroded volcanic plume is sacred to the Navajos as Tse Bi dahi, or the Rock with Wings. The name comes from an ancient folk myth that tells how the rock was once a great bird that transported the ancestral people of the Navajos to their lands in what is now northwestern New Mexico. Geologists tell us this mountain was formed by a volcanic vent 27 million years ago. Shiprock is the world's finest example of an exposed volcanic throat. It can be seen for 100 miles.
    Shiprock-NM-8291.jpg
  • A lone figure stands on the edge of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon taking in the world around her at sunrise
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  • The Mittens (East & West) along with Merrick Butte at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, UT
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  • Bryce Canyon National Park in Southern Utah is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by wind, water and ice erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The red, orange and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular vistas for park visitors.
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  • View from Burr Trail Switchbacks.tif
  • Henry Mountains from Capitol Reef.tif
  • Dramatic storm clouds seemingly erupt from Black Mesa near the old church and cemetery at San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico.
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  • The desolate and remote Bisti Badlands in Northwest New Mexico showcase the area's awesome color and light.
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  • On this clear, crisp evening, the Earth's shadow casts a blue band above the horizon while the Belt of Venus creates a visible pink band above the Earth's shadow.
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  • Reflected light at House on Fire (sometimes called Flaming House Ruin), an ancient Anasazi dwelling/granary deep in Utah's backcountry. The ruins in Mule Canyon are said to be over 800 years old and never restored in any way.
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  • An orange-walled natural amphitheater called the Temple of Sinawava unofficially marks the beginning of Zion Canyon, where the Virgin River flows upstream through ever-narrowing, towering canyons of sandstone to the Zion Narrows.
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  • Lightning and dramatic sky during monsoon season in Placitas, New Mexico
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  • Bands of time in sandstone layers created over millennia at the White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona.
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  • Massive storm clouds and virga hang over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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  • The Ah-shi-sle-pah badlands and wilderness study area in remote New Mexico
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  • At 10,678 feet, these frozen sentinels atop Sandia Crest soak up the last warmth of the sun before the clear, crisp night descends upon the city of Albuquerque below.
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  • Twisted and swirling sandstone at the White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Sleeping Ute Mountain near Towaoc, Colorado seems to be the epicenter of this winter storm with fast changing skies.
    storm-clouds-Ute-Mountains-5600.jpg
  • The Sandia Mountains that border Albuquerque to the East as seen from the Bosque in Corrales, NM, along the Rio Grande River.
    Sandias at Sunset-3143.tif
  • Natural Bridge is an amazing natural bridge in Bryce Canyon National Park. Despite its name, this arch was formed by weathering from rain and freezing, not by stream erosion like a true natural bridge. Once the opening reached ground level, runoff began to enlarge the hole and to dig a gully through it.
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  • Mile marker 13 on U.S. Route 163 in Utah, looking south towards Monument Valley. Also known in the movie as the exact spot where Forrest Gump finally decides to stop running.
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  • A pair of close-set natural arches, Double Arch is a popular feature of Arches National Park in Utah. The area was used as a backdrop for the opening scene of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in which the arches are briefly visible.
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  • Totem Pole and Yei Bi Chei formations at Monument Valley
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  • A lone photographer walks among the hoodoos catching the morning's golden light in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Bryce is distinctive due to these geological structures, formed by wind, water and ice erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks.
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  • Called Park Avenue, the sheer walls of this narrow canyon in Arches National Park reminded early visitors of buildings lining a big city street. These geologic "skyscrapers" tell the story of three rock layers millions of years old.
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  • Sunset casts its shadows in the dunes at White Sands National Monument in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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  • Lightning and dramatic sky during monsoon season in Placitas, New Mexico
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  • A lone cloud dances in the dappled sun over the Grand Canyon
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  • Balanced Rock is a popular landmark at Arches National Park in Moab, UT. The large boulder perched atop a relatively slender pillar of rock is the size of three school buses. The boulder and pillar are made of two different types of stone, so they are wearing away at different rates. Balanced Rock is 128 feet (39 m) high and the boulder weighs approximately 3,577 tons.
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  • Lake Powell as seen from Alstrom Point, with Navajo Mountain in the background. This is as remote as it gets, accessible by rough 4x4 road through washboard, soft sand and bone-jarring slickrock. Worth every bump along the way.
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  • Light from the morning sunrise at the South Rim's Yavapai Point reaches deep into the Grand Canyon.
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  • Shiprock (Navajo: Tsé Bitʼaʼí, "rock with wings" or "winged rock") is a rock formation rising nearly 1,583 feet  above the high-desert plain on the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico.
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  • The area around Rainbow Vista in Valley of Fire State Park is one of the most colorful places on earth. The 200 million-year-old petrified sand dunes and rocks sculpted by water, wind and time appear in hues from yellow, red, orange, white, brown, pink, and mauve to purple.
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  • Sunset moon rise over the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico
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  • Bright sunshine brings out the icicles and melting snow atop the Sandia Crest overlooking the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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  • Green River Overlook on Island in the Sky Mesa in Canyonlands National Park offers a breathtaking panorama including the White Rim and the Green River far below.
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  • Saguaros at sunset along the Garwood Trail in Saguaro National Park (east section) in Tucson, Arizona
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  • The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad travels 45 miles each way along the Animas River from Durango to Silverton, an old mining town high in the San Juan Mountains. The Animas River is one of the last free-flowing rivers in the western United States and cuts through some of Colorado's most striking canyon scenery. Closer to Silverton, you can see the rocks along the sides of the river are discolored yellow and orange. This is from contaminants of the mining operations there.
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  • The La Sal Mountains, part of the Manti-La Sal National Forest and the southern Rocky Mountains, rise above the town of Moab, Utah, and Arches National Park, providing contrast to the hot red-rock landscape of Arches.
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  • Waterpocket Fold at Strike Valley.tif
  • Time and the forces of nature have formed the amazing hoodoos in remote Blue Canyon, AZ
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  • Otherworldly rock formations at Ah-shi-sle-pah Badlands in a remote area of northwest New Mexico.
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  • The awe-inspiring view of the Colorado River from the main overlook at Dead Horse Point State Park near Moab, Utah
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  • Stormy sky after a desert rain in Georgia O'Keeffe country near Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico
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  • Canyon De Chelly National Monument's most distinctive feature is Spider Rock, a sandstone spire that rises 750 feet from the canyon floor.
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  • A person could get incredibly lost wandering around New Mexico's Bisti Badlands. Every turn brings you to new formations and new directions to turn. There are no paths to follow. GPS highly recommended!
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  • Golden sunrise at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in San Antonia, New Mexico.
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  • The iconic open, desert road is typical in Valley of Fire State Park. Nevada's oldest state park, it derives its name from red sandstone formations, formed from great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs. These features, which are the centerpiece of the park's attractions, often appear to be on fire when reflecting the sun's rays.
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  • Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Located on Navajo land near Page, Arizona, it includes two separate, photogenic slot canyon sections, referred to individually as Upper Antelope Canyon  and Lower Antelope Canyon.
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  • A beautiful dawn, and the advancing day as seen from Turret Arch in the windows section of Arches National Park
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  • Sunset approaches on the Watchman and the Virgin River in Zion National Park, UT. Designated in 1919, Zion is Utah's oldest national park.
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  • Drops of golden sun appear at sunrise at Yavapai Point overlook at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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  • The iconic view through Mesa Arch at Canyonlands National Park near Moab, Utah
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  • Diatremes or volcanic plugs of Church Rock, Agathla Peak (far right) and others east of Kayenta, AZ, on the outskirts of Monument Valley
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  • Bryce Canyon National Park in Southern Utah is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by wind, water and ice erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The intricate hoodoos, eroded from soft limestone, glow with warm shades of red, orange, pink, yellow and cream with the right light. This was taken from Sunset Point.
    Bryce-Canyon-hoodoos-UT-5410.jpg
  • The view from the Buck Canyon overlook in the Island in the Sky section of Canyonlands National Park near Moab, Utah.
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  • Low light at sunset brings out the colors of the Painted Desert in the Petrified Forest National Park, near Holbrook, Arizona.
    Painted-Desert-Petrified-Forest-4796.jpg
  • Elephant Rock, a sandstone formation that looks like an elephant and whose trunk is formed by a natural arch, is a testament to the many varied stone shapes at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. Valley of Fire is Nevada's oldest and largest state park.
    Valley-of-Fire-Elephant-Rock-4747.jpg
  • Rare and remote, Grosvenor Arch is one of nature's awe-inspiring natural arches. Wind and water persistently carved away at the landscape to reveal this double arch set high atop majestic cliffs. It is located within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southeast of Kodachrome Basin State Park in southern Utah.
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  • Roadway rock arch in Red Canyon, located along southern Utah's Scenic Byway 12 just nine miles from Bryce Canyon.
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