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  • Clouds, lit by the full moon, streak by Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Thinner parts of the clouds caught the moons light; the streaks are the result of a four-minute exposure.
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  • High cirrus clouds stretch across the sky above Liberty Bell Mountain in the North Cascades of Washington state. Liberty Bell Mountain (left) has an elevation of 7,725 feet (2,354 meters). Concord Tower and Lexington Tower are visible to its right.
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  • Several Seattle skyscrapers climb above the fog that settled in over Puget Sound at sunrise. Among the buildings in this image are the Columbia Tower at far right (Seattle's tallest building) and the Washington Mutual Tower, which has the pyramid-shaped roof.
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  • Several of Seattle's tallest skyscrapers reflect onto the waters of Elliott Bay in Seattle, Washington. The tallest building on the left is 1201 Third Avenue, a 772-foot-tall, 55-story skyscraper that ranks as Seattle's second-tallest and was formerly known as the Washington Mutual Tower. At right, is Columbia Center, the tallest skyscraper in Seattle and the second-tallest on the West Coast. It stands 943 feet tall and has 76 floors.
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  • Several tufa columns are turned golden by the rising sun at Mono Lake, California. Tufa forms only underwater. When calcium-rich springs flow up through the lake bottom, the calcium bonds to the carbonates in the lake water, forming calcium carbonate, a type of limestone. The solid material builds on itself, gradually forming a tufa tower. The tufa towers form only underwater; they were exposed when the lake was drained to provide drinking water for cities. After environmental groups took legal action, less water is being diverted for cities and the lake is slowly refilling.
    CA_MonoLake_Tufas_Golden_9336.jpg
  • The dramatic Cathedral Spires rise nearly a thousand feet from the surrounding landscape in Custer State Park, South Dakota. This image was captured from the summit of Little Devils Tower.
    CathedralSpires.jpg
  • The golden light of sunset reflects off several Yosemite peaks, including the Cathedral Rocks and Leaning Tower, onto the Merced River at Valley View in Yosemite National Park, California. Bridalveil Fall, a 620-foot (189-meter) waterfall, is visible across Bridalveil Meadow.
    Yosemite_Valley-View_Spring-Sunset_7...jpg
  • A bright rainbow appears to end at the base of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. The 604-foot (184 meter) tower, built for the 1962 World's Fair, was at one time the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.
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  • The golden light of sunset reflects off several Yosemite peaks, including the Leaning Tower and Dewey Point, onto the Merced River at Valley View in Yosemite National Park, California. Bridalveil Fall, a 620-foot (189-meter) waterfall, is visible across Bridalveil Meadow on the left side of the image beneath the Cathedral Rocks.
    Yosemite_Valley-View_Spring-Sunset_7...jpg
  • Large limestone formations, known as tufa, rise from Mono Lake in eastern California. The tufa result from calcium-rich springs that flow up from the bottom of the lake. The calcium bonds to carbonates in the water, forming calcium carbonate, a type of limestone. The calcium carbonate builds on itself, gradually forming towering columns. Those columns grow only when under water; they stop growing when the lake level drops and they are exposed.
    CA_MonoLake_Sunrise_Silhouette_9259.jpg
  • Tall pine trees cast shadows on the towering hoodoos along the Wall Street Trail, which winds through the tall spires that make up the Bryce Canyon amphitheatre in Utah.
    BryceWallStreetPineTree.jpg
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  • The Kolob Canyons of Zion National Park, Utah, are turned golden red by the setting sun in this panoramic view.
    KolobCanyonPanorama.jpg
  • The Three Graces reach high into the sky in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Three Graces are just one of many dramatic sandstone features of the park. According to geologists, the sedimentary rock was tilted by the forces that built nearby Pikes Peak and other mountains.
    CO_GardenGods_ThreeGraces_1255.jpg
  • These tall, narrow pillars known as The Pinnacles were formed during the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Mazama, which formed Crater Lake, Oregon. Volcanic gasses rose through layers of dacite pumice and andesite scoria in vents known as fumaroles. With temperatures of 750 degrees Fahrenheit (400 Celsius), the hot gasses welded the sides of the fumaroles. After erosion carried away the rest of the pumice and scoria, these hardened fossil fumaroles were all that remained.
    CraterLake_Pinnacles_9858.jpg
  • An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) takes off with a scrap of food from a tufa in Mono Lake, California. Tufa are limestone columnns that form naturally due to a chemical reaction in the lake. They form underwater and were exposed when the lake level dropped.
    Osprey_MonoLake_Tufa_0867.jpg
  • The Space Needle and several other Seattle skyscrapers are visible through thick morning fog. This scene was captured from Kerry Park in Seattle, Washington.
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  • The peaks of Zion National Park, Utah, tower over the valley and prickly pear cactus below. From left to right, the main peaks visible here are the West Temple, Sundial, and Altar of Sacrifice. The West Temple is the tallest at 7,810 feet.
    ZionCactusSunrise.jpg
  • The peaks that comprise the Towers of the Virgin in Zion National Park, Utah, are illuminated by alpenglow, about a half hour before sunrise. The peaks, including the West Temple, Sundial and Altar of Sacrifice, all rise more than 3,500 feet from the Zion Canyon valley floor. The West Temple, the tallest, is 7,810 feet tall.
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  • Several prominent peaks in Zion National Park, Utah, including the Towers of the Virgin, are lit by alpenglow about a half hour before sunrise. The peaks, from left-to-right: The Watchman, The West Temple, The Sundial, The Altar of Sacrifice, The Sentinel, The Streaked Wall, and the East Temple.
    ZionCanyonAlpenglow.jpg
  • A natural bridge spans two towering hoodoos in the Wall Street section of Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Bryce Canyon, which is actually a natural amphitheater, consists of dozens of spires separated by canyons. This span remains despite constant erosion.
    BryceCanyonArch.jpg
  • The rising sun lights up several prominent peaks in Zion National Park, Utah, including the Towers of the Virgin. The peaks, from left-to-right: The Watchman, The West Temple, The Sundial, The Altar of Sacrifice, The Sentinel, The Streaked Wall, and the East Temple. The Zion Canyon overlook overlooks both the Zion Canyon at the back of the frame and the Pine Creek Canyon near the foreground.
    ZionCanyonOverlook.jpg
  • Early morning light illuminates the Cathedral Rocks in the Yosemite Valley..
    Yosemite_CathedralRocks.jpg
  • The Hōlei Pali Cliffs of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park tower 40 to 60 feet above the Pacific Ocean waves below. Full-size trees are visible at the top of this lava shelf. A long exposure captures the motion of storm clouds and of the Pacific Ocean waves slamming into the lava shelf on the Big Island of Hawai`i.
    HI_Volcanoes_Holei-Pali-Cliffs_9048.jpg
  • Whitehorse and Three Fingers mountains tower over a wetland on Spencer Island, Everett, Washington. The mountains, capped in winter snow, are prominent peaks in the Cascade mountain range. The peaks are lit by alpenglow, a natural lighting phenomenon that causes mountains to glow after sunset. The Earth's shadow is visible as the dark blue band just above the mountains. The bright red band is known as the Belt of Venus.
    WhitehorseThreeFingersAlpenglow.jpg
  • Basalt cliffs tower over one of the Sage Lakes, located in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington. The wildlife refuge is home to numerous lakes, even though the area receives less than eight inches of rain per year.
    WA_ColumbiaNWR_SageLakes_5767.jpg
  • Several mountains in the Canadian Rockies tower over Moraine Lake, located in Banff National Park. This area is known as the Valley of the Ten Peaks, named for the ten tall mountains at the lake's edge. Moraine Lake has a unique aqua color that results from the silt deposited by glaciers.
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  • The Guadalupe Mountains of western Texas tower over the Salt Basin, a remnant of an ancient lake that existed during the Pleistocene Epoch between 10,000 and 1.8 million years ago. The lake, which at times was up to 37 feet deep, had no outlet. As the water evaporated, salt and gypsum accumulated. The old lake bed is now dry most of the year, collecting only an inch or so of water during exceptionally heavy rains. The Guadalupe Mountains, part of Guadalupe Mountains National Park, are visible on the horizon. The iconic El Capitan (8085 feet/2464 meter) is visible at right. Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8749 feet (2667 meters) is immediately left of it.
    TX_GuadalupeMountains_SaltBasin_1250.jpg
  • The mountains of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, tower above Oxbow Bend, which is lined with autumn color, on a foggy morning. Among the major mountains visible (from left to right): Grand Teton, Rockchuck Peak, Mount Woodring, and Mount Moran.
    Tetons_OxbowBendPano_2880.jpg
  • Billowing cumulus clouds tower over the summit of Church Rock, a sandstone monolith found along the Indian Creek Corridor Scenic Byway near Monticello in Eastern Utah.
    ChurchRockUtah.jpg
  • Afternoon storm clouds tower over Mount Moran and other peaks in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
    Tetons_Stormy_2721.jpg
  • A black-tailed prairie dog looks out from its burrow in a grassy field near Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming.
    PrairieDogWyoming.jpg
  • Thunderclouds develop and tower over the Bankhead National Forest at sunset in this view from Ruffner Mountain in Birmingham, Alabama.
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  • Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis) grows under a fiery sunrise at the edge of Mono Lake in Mono County, California. Mono Lake has no outlet, so salt accumulates and makes the water alkeline. Limestone columns called tufa towers are visible in the lake. Tufa towers form under water. They were exposed when Los Angeles diverted some of the fresh water that feeds the lake, causing the lake level to drop.
    Mono-Lake_Rabbitbrush_Sunrise_0748.jpg
  • Mount Rainier towers over a field of lupine in the Sunrise section of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state. Rainier is a 14,411 ft (4,392 m) stratovolcano, the tallest volcano in the Cascade range and the highest point in Washington state.
    Rainier_Sunrise_Lupine_4327.jpg
  • Mount Hood, which stands 11,239 feet, is Oregon's highest peak. The volcano, which was formed since the last ice age, towers above a thick blanket of fog in this view from a high ridge in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest..
    Hood_FogBank_3408.jpg
  • Towering icicles cling to a steep, rock wall next to Clear Creek Falls near White Pass in Washington state. Some of the icicles in this image are 30-40 feet (10-12 meters) long.
    Clear-Creek-Falls_Icicles_2011.jpg
  • Mount Rainier towers over the Puyallup River, which three great blue herons are crossing, in this view from Puyallup, Washington, just before sunset. Mount Rainier, with an elevation of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington and the highest volcano in the Cascade Range. The Puyallup River is about 45 miles (72 kilometers) long, beginning on the west slope of Mount Rainier and emptying into Commencement Bay, which is part of Puget Sound.
    Rainier_Puyallup-River_Pano_2730-40.jpg
  • Low-level clouds frame a towering cumulonimbus cloud during a severe thunderstorm over Lake Michigan in this view from Chicago, Illinois.
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  • Half Dome, turned red by the twilight glow, towers over the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California. Half Dome, 8836 feet (2693 meters) tall, is a granite dome that seems to be missing a large section. While named Half Dome, the missing piece is likely a quarter, rather than half. Scientists believe the missing granite also eroded away as fast as it was exposed, rather than falling off in a dramatic event.
    Yosemite_HalfDome_MercedRiver_Alpeng...jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) flies over the northern tip of Grímsey, the northernmost point in Iceland. The northern tip of the island lies within the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Ocean is visible in the background. The towering cliffs of Grímsey are used by thousands of nesting birds in the summer, including Atlantic puffins, gulls and fulmars.
    Iceland_Grimsey_NorthernTip_8033.jpg
  • Mount Rainier, the tallest volcano in Washington state, towers over the steaming Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park.
    RainierReflectionLake.jpg
  • Alealau, a 3,875-foot mountain, towers over the Kalalau Valley below on Kauai's rugged Na Pali coast.
    kauai-alealau.jpg
  • Palouse Falls plunges 180 feet (55 meters) into a giant natural amphitheater surrounded by towering columnar basalt walls near Washtucna, Washington. Palouse Falls was formed at the end of the last ice age when a mammoth ice dam in Montana regularly collapsed, releasing a torrent of water that carved this winding gorge.
    WA_PalouseFalls_Gorge_9389.jpg
  • A field of flowering goldenrods color the valley below a towering basalt cliff in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Adams County, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Goldenrod_Cliffs_758...jpg
  • The Colorado River makes a dramatic, almost circular bend at Horseshoe Bend, south of Page, Arizona, in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The towering red cliffs are about 1,000 feet (305 meters) above the river.
    AZ_Horsehoe-Bend_Stormy-Sunrise_0613.jpg
  • Several lightning flashes light up the night sky during a thunderstorm over Snohomish County, Washington. Lightning is usually produced by towering cumulonimbus clouds, which can climb to heights of more than 9 miles (15 km); the lightning flashes temporarly balance the electrical charge in the cloud. Only about 25 percent of all lightning flashes reach the ground; those flashes are known as strikes.
    Lightning_SnohomishCounty_8479.jpg
  • Grand Teton towers over the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Grand Teton has a height of 13,775 feet (4,199 meters), making it the second-highest peak in all of Wyoming. The Teton Range is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The Snake River, which is 1,078 miles (1,735 km) long, is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, which is the largest river that empties into the Pacific Ocean.
    GrandTeton_SnakeRiver_F03-5294-01.jpg
  • Mount Baker towers over the turquoise-colored Baker Lake in this aerial view over Whatcom County, Washington. Mount Baker, which is 10,781 feet (3,286 meters) tall, has the second-most thermally active crater of any volcano in the Cascade Range, behind only Mount St. Helens. Baker Lake gets its turquoise color from glacial silt, which gets trapped in its water.
    Baker_BakerLake_Aerial_2349.jpg
  • A towering columnar basalt cliff is partially reflected in the waters of Breiðasund in the town of Stykkishólmur, Iceland. Columnar basalt is a volcanic rock formed when basalt lava rapidly cools at or very near the Earth's surface. Basalt, which is naturally grey or black, is rich in iron and can rapidly rust, taking on a reddish-brown appearance.
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  • A towering columnar basalt cliff is partially reflected in the waters of Breiðasund in the town of Stykkishólmur, Iceland. Columnar basalt is a volcanic rock formed when basalt lava rapidly cools at or very near the Earth's surface. Basalt, which is naturally grey or black, is rich in iron and can rapidly rust, taking on a reddish-brown appearance.
    Iceland_ColumnarBasalt_Stykkisholmur...jpg
  • A harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) swims among the towering icebergs in the glacial lagoon, Jökulsárlón, Iceland. The icebergs floating in the lake calved off from the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier with some of the ice being more than 1,000 years old. Jökulsárlón covers an area of about 18 square kilometers (6.9 square miles) and ranks as the deepest lake in Iceland.
    Iceland_Jokulsarlon_Seal_3631.jpg
  • Mount Rainier, capped by a lenticular cloud, towers over a field of wildflowers and Edith Creek in the Paradise section of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. The flowers on the hillside are predominently lupine, but also include some blooming Indian Paintbrush and Bear Grass. Mount Rainier, with an elevation of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington and the highest mountain in the Cascade Range. The Paradise section of Mount Rainier National Park is known for dramatic displays of summer wildflowers.
    Rainier_Wildflowers_EdithCreek_Lenti...jpg
  • Mount Rainier, capped by a lenticular cloud, towers over a field of wildflowers and Edith Creek in the Paradise section of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. The flowers on the hillside are predominently lupine, but also include some blooming Indian Paintbrush and Bear Grass. Mount Rainier, with an elevation of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington and the highest mountain in the Cascade Range. The Paradise section of Mount Rainier National Park is known for dramatic displays of summer wildflowers.
    Rainier_Wildflowers_EdithCreek_Lenti...jpg
  • Stawamus Chief, a 702 meter (2,303 foot) granite dome, towers over the nearby town of Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. Geologists believe Stawamus Chief is a remnant of a magma chamber that was once well below the Earth's surface. Slow moving molten magma cooled and turned into granite deep below the surface and was gradually exposed by erosion over tens of millions of years.
    BC_StawamusChief_5485.jpg
  • One of the many steam eruptions of Mount St. Helens in the fall of 2004 sends a towering column of water vapor high into the air. The mountain is reflected in Silver Lake.
    StHelensEruption.jpg
  • Towering hummocks - piles of debris from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens - are found along the Hummocks Trail at the Mount St. Helens National Monument in Washington.
    StHelens_Hummocks_6317.jpg
  • Mount Constance, at 7,743 feet, is one of the tallest peaks in the Olympic Mountains. In fact, it's only a little over 200 feet shorter than the tallest peak. Mount Constance towers over Hood Canal in this view from near Seabeck, Washington.
    Olympics_Constance_6508.jpg
  • Towering storm clouds build over the Pacific Ocean west of the Hawaiian island of Maui. This scene was captured from the summit of Mount Haleakala.
    maui-storm-clouds.jpg
  • A pine tree frames the view of the Kolob Canyons at sunset in Zion National Park, Utah. The towering Shuntavi Butte is visible just below the tree. The Kolob Canyons are also known as finger canyons, with tall, narrow formations separated by narrow canyons.
    KolobCanyonsTree.jpg
  • The Lundadrangur Rock Arch towers high above the Atlantic Ocean at Dyrhólaey, Iceland. The Dyrhólaey Cliffs, which stand 120 meters (394 feet), were formed during an underwater volcanic eruption during the last ice age.
    Iceland_DyroholaeyArch_1820.jpg
  • Vestrahorn, a mountain located in southern Iceland, towers over the black-sand beach near Stokksnes.
    iceland-vestrahorn_v5108.jpg
  • A towering cumulonimbus cloud forms over the Pacific Ocean near Sayulita, Mexico. Cumulonimbus clouds are known as clouds of vertical development, since their base and summit can be at dramatically different elevations.
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  • Vibrant God beams, called crepuscular rays, form over Cathedral Rock, a towering mountain near Sedona, Arizona. The beams form when the sun shines into fog or mist. The columns at the summit of Cathedral Rock cast three-dimensional shadows between the rays.
    CathedralRocksAZ.jpg
  • Bow Mountain towers over Peyto Lake, located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Peyto Lake is fed by glaciers and its unique turquoise color comes the silt deposited by them.
    BanffPeytoLake.jpg
  • An old-growth douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) towers over a fallen tree and dwarfs newer growth in the Cathedral Grove, located in MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Some of the trees in the protected forest are more than 800 years old and are up to 30 feet (9 meters) in circumference.
    Vancouver-Island_Cathedral-Grove_Old...jpg
  • A group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) rest on the eastern tip of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington, as Mount Baker towers in the background.  Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals. Mount Baker is a 10,781 foot (3,286 meter) volcano that is part of the Cascade Mountain Range.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_Seals_MountBaker...jpg
  • The first light of day strikes the summit of Whitehorse Mountain, which towers over the icy ground near Darrington, Washington. Whitehorse Mountain, with an elevation of 6,840 feet (2085 meters), is located on the western edge of Washington's North Cascades.
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  • Mount Adams, Washington's second-tallest mountain at 12276 ft. (3742 m), towers above neighboring peaks in this view from Chinook Pass.
    MountAdams_ChinookPass_5891.jpg
  • The Kalalau Valley on the island of Kauai, Hawaii is bordered by towering cliffs, about 4,000 feet fall. The low-angled light of the nearly setting sun brings out the texture on one of the valley's walls.
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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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  • Several lightning flashes light up the night sky during a thunderstorm over Snohomish County, Washington. Lightning is usually produced by towering cumulonimbus clouds, which can climb to heights of more than 9 miles (15 km); the lightning flashes temporarly balance the electrical charge in the cloud. Only about 25 percent of all lightning flashes reach the ground; those flashes are known as strikes.
    Lightning_SnohomishCounty_8470.jpg
  • Mount Baker, a 10,781 foot (3,286 meter) volcano located in Whatcom County, Washington state, towers above the trees and morning fog near Artist Point in the North Cascades. Mount Baker, which is part of the Cascade Range of mountains, has the second-most thermally active crater in the range, second only to Mount St. Helens. Baker's volcanic cone is relatively young, possibly less than 100,000 years old, even though the area where it sits has been volcanically active for 1.5 million years.
    Baker_AboveTreesAndFog_ArtistPoint_0...jpg
  • The Kolob Canyons, also called the Kolob Fingers, are turned red at sunset in Zion National Park in Utah. The towering Shuntavi Butte is visible on the right side of the image. The Kolob Canyons are also known as finger canyons, with tall, narrow formations separated by narrow canyons.
    Zion_KolobCanyon_Sunset_F02-2577-07.jpg
  • The afternoon sun highlights the texture of the towering cumulonimbus clouds over Puget Sound in Seattle, Washington.
    StormClouds_Backlit_SeattleAve_3761.jpg
  • Sheep Rock, the tall mountain at the center of the frame, towers over Picture Gorge in John Day National Monument, Oregon, at sunrise. The moutain was named for the bighorn sheep that used to live in the area.
    OR_JohnDay_SheepRock_PictureGorge_32...jpg
  • Vestrahorn, a mountain located in southern Iceland, towers over the black-sand beach near Stokksnes.
    Iceland_Vestrahorn_h5122.jpg
  • The towering Coral Pink Sand Dunes near Kanab, Utah, are made up of orangish-pink sand, remnants of the Wingate and Kayenta sandstone that forms the Vermilion Cliffs to the southeast.
    CoralPinkSandDunes.jpg
  • The Colorado River makes a dramatic, almost circular bend at Horseshoe Bend, south of Page, Arizona. The towering red cliffs are about 1,000 feet (305 meters) above the river.
    AZ_HorseshoeBend_8537.jpg
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