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Valley of Fire, Nevada

14 images Created 18 Feb 2012

The Valley of Fire, Nevada's first state park, is known for its petroglyphs and dramatic red sandstone formations.

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  • A sandstone arch gently twists in the Narrows of the Valley of Fire, Nevada.
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  • The setting sun lights up the red sandstone during a stormy evening in the Valley of Fire, Nevada. The Valley of Fire is Nevada's first state park and is named for its dramatic red sandstone features.
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  • Rugged rock faces are turned red at sunrise in the Valley of Fire, Nevada. The Valley of Fire is Nevada's oldest state park and named for the dramatic sandstone formations that are fire-colored in certain types of sunlight.
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  • A rainbow forms over the rugged landscape of the Valley of Fire in Nevada. The Valley of Fire, Nevada's oldest state park, derives its name from the fire-colored red sandstone formations.
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  • The earth's shadow and the crescent moon are visible over the large silica dome and the fire canyon, located in the Valley of Fire, Nevada.
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  • A bright star shines over the dramatic rock formations in the Valley of Fire, Nevada, rendered as silhouettes in this early morning view.
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  • Grasses, tiny rocks and other debris is trapped in several small holes eroded in a sandstone wall in the Valley of Fire, Nevada.
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  • Elephant Rock, a natural sandstone arch that resembles an elephant with a long trunk, stands at the east side of the Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.
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  • The standstone in a wash in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada shows colorful streaked patterns. This wash is comprised of several different layers of sandstone, which have been exposed through erosion.
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  • Red clouds lit by the sunrise seem to swarm from the fossilized sand dunes known as the Beehives in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada. The dunes were formed by a proccess known as aeolian erosion.
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  • A shaft of light, mimicking the shape of an arrowhead, shines through the window of a sandstone formation located near the Arrowhead Trail in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.
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  • Ancient Anasazi petroglyphs cover a rock face, known as Atlatl Rock in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada. The rock art may be more than 1,500 years old. The rock is named for the two symbols at the top, immediately below the bighorn sheep. The object below the sheep is the atlatl and the object just below that is the dart. An atlatl is a hunting device that is also sometimes called a spear thrower.
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  • Arch Rock, one of the most famous arches in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, frames another towering sandstone formation.
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  • A sandstone arch in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, frames a view of another arch.
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