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Desert Southwest

176 images Created 28 Jan 2011

The desert southwest of the United States is a place of unique and unparalleled beauty. Throughout this region there are innumerable examples of nature's own design. Especially intriguing are the sensuous creations shaped by erosion of sandstone.
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  • Mystery Valley in the Monument Valley Navajo tribal park.  Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft above the valley floor. It is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona near the Four Corners area.
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  • The Colorado River meandering through the Marble Canyon section of Grand Canyon National Park with barrel cacti in foreground
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  • Ancient Anaszi ruins high above the Colorado River in the Marble Canyon section of Grand Canyon National Park
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  • The Narrows part of the Virgin River in Zion National Park, Utah
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  • Navajo Bridge crosses the Colorado River's Marble Canyon near Lee's Ferry in the US state of Arizona. Apart from the Glen Canyon Bridge a few miles upstream at Page, Arizona, it is the only roadway crossing of the river and the Grand Canyon for nearly 600 miles (970 km). Spanning Marble Canyon, the bridge carries northbound travelers to southern Utah and to the Arizona Strip, the otherwise inaccessible portion of Arizona north of the Colorado River, which includes the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.<br />
Prior to the construction of the first Navajo Bridge, the only river crossing from Arizona to Utah was at nearby Lee's Ferry, where the canyon walls are low and getting vehicles onto the water is relatively convenient. The ferry offered only unreliable service, however, as adverse weather and flooding regularly prevented its operation.
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  • Juniper tree and rock formations in the North Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • The Left Fork of North Creek is one of many small rivers that cut into the high plateaus in the backcountry of Zion National Park, forming deep canyons that are often wide and V-shaped lower down, but become quite narrow upstream, with sheer cliffs of Navajo sandstone that rise to heights of 1,500 feet. North Creek splits into left and right forks but the canyon of the former (also known as Great West Canyon) is the most spectacular and easiest reached, famous in part because of a feature known as The Subway, where the creek flows almost through a tunnel - a long, tubular passage with only a narrow opening above.
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  • Cascades and fall leaves at North Creek in the Subway area of Zion National Park, Utah
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  • Cascades and fall leaves at North Creek in the Subway area of Zion National Park, Utah
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  • Cascades and fall leaves at North Creek in the Subway area of Zion National Park, Utah
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  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a U.S. National Monument and UNESCO biosphere reserve located in extreme southern Arizona
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  • Yellow poppies in Organ Pipes National Monument
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  • Doorways in the ancient Pueblo Bonito village in Chaco canyon
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  • Dead bush at Rainbow Rocks, Arizona
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  • Fantastic colors and shapes in sandstone detail at South Coyote Buttes, Arizona
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  • Slickrock ridges at South Coyote Buttes, Arizona
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  • Striated sandstone at South Coyote Buttes, Arizona
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  • Hoodoo "garden" in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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  • Anasazi ruins in Road Canyon, UT
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  • Sandstone formations in bowl in the interior of Rainbow Rocks
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  • Rock formations in the North Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the North Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Shiprock, (Navajo: Tsé Bitʼaʼí, "rock with wings" or "winged rock") is a rock formation rising nearly 1,800 feet (550 m) above the high-desert plain on the Navajo Nation and in San Juan County, New Mexico
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  • The Signal Hill Trail in Saguaro National Park takes visitors back nearly two thousand years to view a series of impressive Petroglyphs left by the ancient Hohokam Indians. Short in length but rich in history, the Signal Hill Trail is a 'must-do' hike for those with little time and a keen interest in anthropological history.
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  • Rock formations in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Dead juniper in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
    SouthCoyoteButtesDeadJuniper1.jpg
  • Dead tree contrasted against a sandstone wall in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
    SouthCoyoteButtesDeadTree.jpg
  • Rock formations in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Sandstone "snail" against a sandstone wall in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the South Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Sandstone hoodoos in the Glen Canyon Nation Recreation Area
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  • Sandstone hoodoos in the Glen Canyon Nation Recreation Area
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  • Sandstone hoodoos in the Glen Canyon Nation Recreation Area
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  • Rock formations that look somewhat like men with triangular hats near Page, Arizona
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  • Sandstone hoodoos in the Glen Canyon Nation Recreation Area
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  • Cascades and fall leaves at North Creek in the Subway area of Zion National Park, Utah
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  • Water runs through a narrow slit carved by the water in the soft sandstone in Zion National Park, Utah, USA
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  • The Subway section of North Creek in Zion National Park, Utah
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  • Cascades and fall leaves at North Creek in the Subway area of Zion National Park, Utah
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  • "The Wave" formation in the North Coyote Buttes BLM unit
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  • Rock formations in the North Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the North Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Cracked earth and bushes in Valley of the Gods, Utah
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  • VermilionCliffs1.jpg
  • VirginRiver.jpg
  • WahweapCrackedMud.jpg
  • The Wahweap Hoodoos, a congregation of impossibly white rock spires topped with reddish-brown capstones, are quickly becoming one of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s most recognized formations. The hoodoos are generally described as three separate groupings—the White Hoodoo, Hoodoo Central, and the Towers of Silence.
    WahweapHoodoos2.jpg
  • The Wahweap Hoodoos, a congregation of impossibly white rock spires topped with reddish-brown capstones, are quickly becoming one of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s most recognized formations. The hoodoos are generally described as three separate groupings—the White Hoodoo, Hoodoo Central, and the Towers of Silence.
    WahweapSingleHoodoo1.jpg
  • The Wahweap Hoodoos, a congregation of impossibly white rock spires topped with reddish-brown capstones, are quickly becoming one of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s most recognized formations. The hoodoos are generally described as three separate groupings—the White Hoodoo, Hoodoo Central, and the Towers of Silence.
    WahweapSingleHoodoo2.jpg
  • The Wahweap Hoodoos, a congregation of impossibly white rock spires topped with reddish-brown capstones, are quickly becoming one of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s most recognized formations. The hoodoos are generally described as three separate groupings—the White Hoodoo, Hoodoo Central, and the Towers of Silence.
    WahweapSky1.jpg
  • The Wahweap Hoodoos, a congregation of impossibly white rock spires topped with reddish-brown capstones, are quickly becoming one of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s most recognized formations. The hoodoos are generally described as three separate groupings—the White Hoodoo, Hoodoo Central, and the Towers of Silence.
    WahweapSky2.jpg
  • The Wahweap Hoodoos, a congregation of impossibly white rock spires topped with reddish-brown capstones, are quickly becoming one of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s most recognized formations. The hoodoos are generally described as three separate groupings—the White Hoodoo, Hoodoo Central, and the Towers of Silence.
    WahweapSky3.jpg
  • Rock formations in the North Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the North Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Rock formations in the White Pocket unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • Slickrock ridges at White Pocket
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  • Colorful rock called "Lollipop Rock" at White Pocket, Arizona
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  • Rock formations in the White Pocket unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
    WhitePocketLoneJuniper.jpg
  • Swirl in the sandstone at White Pocket, AZ
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  • Slickrock ridges at White Pocket
    WhitePocketSunrise1.jpg
  • Rock formations in the White Pocket unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
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  • The Wupatki National Monument is a National Monument located in north-central Arizona, near Flagstaff. Rich in Native American ruins, the monument is administered by the National Park Service in close conjunction with the nearby Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument.
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  • Zion National Park
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  • ZionTwistedJuniperSnow1.jpg
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