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  • Hundreds of hoodoos that make up the Bryce Canyon amphitheater are lit at sunrise. Bryce Canyon is national park in Utah. The hoodoos, or spires, are remanants of large sandstone fins that have been subjected to centuries of erosion.
    Bryce-Canyon_Amphitheater_Dawn_4388.jpg
  • The south rim of the Grand Canyon casts its shadow into the canyon in the late afternoon in this view from near Pipe Creek Vista, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    Grand-Canyon_South-Rim-Shadow_Pipe-C...jpg
  • An approaching autumn storm is visible on the ampitheater cliffs in this view from Rainbow Point in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Bryce Canyon is known for its ampitheater full of hoodoos, or spires, are remanants of large sandstone fins that have been subjected to centuries of erosion.
    Bryce-Canyon_Rainbow-Point_Fall-Stor...jpg
  • A common raven (Corvus corax) flies over Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. A wall of the Grand Canyon is visible in the background and is partially reflected on the raven's shiny feathers.
    Grand-Canyon_Raven_Desert-View_6300.jpg
  • A partial rainbow forms in the downpour from a rainstorm passing at the edge of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
    Bryce-Canyon_Rainstorm_4350.jpg
  • A common raven (Corvus corax) flies over Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. A wall of the Grand Canyon is visible in the background and is partially reflected on the raven's shiny feathers.
    Grand-Canyon_Raven_Desert-View_6872.jpg
  • A raven (Corvus corax) flies over the Colorado River at the entrance to the Grand Canyon at Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    Grand-Canyon_Raven_Desert-View_6557.jpg
  • Approaching storm clouds, turned red by the setting sun, frame the moon as it rises over a large hoodoo in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Hoodoos are remanants of large sandstone fins that have been subjected to centuries of erosion.
    Bryce-Canyon_Moonrise_4375.jpg
  • The moon rises in a break in storm clouds passing over the dramatic red rocks of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
    Bryce-Canyon_Stormy-Moonrise_4351.jpg
  • A burro (Equus asinus), also known as a donkey, stands among the Calico Hills in the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area in Nevada. Burros were introduced to the area in the 1800s by miners and ranchers who used them to haul heavy cargo. Some escaped or were freed, becoming wild (technically feral). The Red Rock Canyon area is part of the Mojave Desert and is a harsh environment, but the burros are able to survive by finding spring water and feeding on grasses.
    Burro_Calico-Hills_Red-Rock-Canyon_N...jpg
  • An aspen tree displays its autumn colors on a ridge in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, as a heavy rainstorm approaches.
    Bryce-Canyon_Autumn-Rainstorm_0847.jpg
  • Approaching storm clouds, turned red by the setting sun, frame the moon as it rises over a large hoodoo in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Hoodoos are remanants of large sandstone fins that have been subjected to centuries of erosion.
    Bryce-Canyon_Moonrise_4378.jpg
  • Low clouds and fog rise from between the ridges in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
    Bryce-Canyon_Lifting-Clouds_4165.jpg
  • Sedimentary layers are visible in this section of the Calico Hills in the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area in Nevada. The Calico Hills are made up of Aztec Sandstone, fossilized sand dunes that were laid down during the early Jurrasic Period 180-190 million years ago.
    NV_Red-Rock-Canyon_Sedimentary-Layer...jpg
  • As night falls, an elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi) hunts from a perch in the woods of Miller Canyon at the base of the Huachuca Mountains in southern Arizona. The elf owl is the smallest owl in the Sonoran Desert, about the size of a sparrow and weighing just 1.4 ounces. The owl can see well in low light, but can catch prey in complete darkness by pinpointing it with its ears. The elf owl feeds primarily on invertebrates, such as moths, crickets, scorpions, centipedes and beetles.
    Owl-Elf_Night_Miller-Canyon_7081.jpg
  • A band of cirrus clouds turns pink at sunset over the Calico Hills in the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area in Nevada. The Calico Hills are made up of Aztec Sandstone, fossilized sand dunes that were laid down during the early Jurrasic Period 180-190 million years ago.
    NV_Red-Rock-Canyon_Calico-Hills_Suns...jpg
  • The full moon rises over the Grand Canyon and Colorado River in this view from the Tuweep Overlook (also spelled Toroweap) in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.  The Tuweep Overlook, located on the north rim of the Grand Canyon, provides one of the most dramatic canyon views. Here, the canyon is 3,000 feet deep and one mile wide — one of the few places on the Grand Canyon rim where you can see both the Colorado River and the other side of the canyon.
    GrandCanyon_Tuweep_Full-Moon_4695.jpg
  • Rain water collects in several potholes in the hard, sandstone desert landscape at Tuweep in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Tuckup Point is visible in the background. This image was captured at night; the landscape was lit by the full moon.
    AZ_Tuweep_Tuckup_Potholes_Night_4757.jpg
  • A dramatic fall sunrise lights up the sky over the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in this view from Moran Point.
    GrandCanyon_MoranPoint_Sunrise_8697.jpg
  • Potholes in the red rock sandstone at Tuweep in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, are filled with water after a rainstorm passed at night. The nightime landscape was lit by the full moon.
    AZ_Tuweep_Potholes_Night_4748.jpg
  • The Kanab Plateau stands tall over the rocky landscape of the Tuweep/Toroweap area of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    GrandCanyon-Tuweep_Kanab-Plateau_461...jpg
  • Lightning strikes over the Toroweap Valley during a fall thunderstorm in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Vulcan's Throne, a 73,000-year-old volcanic cinder cone, is visible as a dark mound on the horizon on the left side of the image.
    GrandCanyon_Toroweap-Valley_Lightnin...jpg
  • A side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) rests in a crack in a sandstone cliff in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument near Tuweep, Arizona.
    Lizard_SideBlotched_4594.jpg
  • A raven (Corvus corax) flies over the Colorado River at the entrance to the Grand Canyon at Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    Grand-Canyon_Raven_Desert-View_6636.jpg
  • Late summer wildflowers are mixed in with the grassland as a rain storm approaches at the edge of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in Arizona.
    Grand-Canyon_Rainstorm_Grassland_491...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
  • A narrow path winds through the tall undulating walls of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo Nation land in northern Arizona. Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon, a small sandstone canyon that is carved by violent flash floods. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Narrow-Passage_6243.jpg
  • A passage bends through a very narrow section of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo Nation land near Page, Arizona. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Narrow-Passage_6255.jpg
  • The walls of an open area of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo Nation land near Page, Arizona, take on different colors based on how much direct sunlight they receive. Sections near the slot canyon ceiling appear yellow and gold, while portions in deep shadow are purple. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Colorful-Chamber_709...jpg
  • The walls of an open area of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo Nation land near Page, Arizona, take on different colors based on how much direct sunlight they receive. Sections near the slot canyon ceiling appear yellow and gold, while portions in deep shadow are purple. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Textured-Walls_6218c.jpg
  • The curved walls of Rattlesnake Canyon join to form abstract patterns on Navajo Nation land near Page, Arizona. Rattlesnake Canyon is a slot canyon — a narrow sandstone canyon that's carved by flash floods.
    AZ_Rattlesnake-Canyon_Curved-Walls_6...jpg
  • Sand falls from a ledge in Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo Nation land near Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon is a narrow sandstone canyon, known as a slot canyon. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Sand-Falls_7097.jpg
  • The walls of a particularly narrow passage of Upper Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona, take on different colors based on how much direct sunlight they receive. Sections near the slot canyon ceiling appear yellow and gold, while portions in deep shadow are purple. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon-Beam_S2574-01.jpg
  • A vibrant shaft of light shines on the floor of a particularly narrow section of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo tribal land in Page, Arizona. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks." The slot canyon is formed primarily by erosion during flash floods; torrents of water race through the canyon and sculpt the sandstone.
    Antelope-Canyon_Beam_S2574-02.jpg
  • With just a narrow crack in the ceiling of Upper Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona, little sunlight reaches the floor by mid-afternoon. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls that appear violet or purple in the very faint indirect afternoon light. The Navajo people call Antelope Canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks." The light in the canyon was so dim at the time that this image was captured that it required a more than one-minute exposure to reveal the detail of the canyon walls.
    Antelope-Canyon_Texture_S2571-05.jpg
  • A vibrant shaft of light shines like a spotlight on the floor of Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon that was carved by violent flash floods. Beams of light form only when the sun is nearly overhead, lighting up the blowing sand that fills the canyon, which is dozens of feet deep. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon-Beam_S2574-09.jpg
  • A heart shape appears among the curves of the ceiling of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone slot canyon, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Heart_7109.jpg
  • The walls of a particularly narrow passage of Upper Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona, take on different colors based on how much direct sunlight they receive. Sections near the slot canyon ceiling appear yellow and gold, while portions in deep shadow are purple. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Narrow-Passage_Looki...jpg
  • The curved walls of Rattlesnake Canyon join to form abstract patterns on Navajo Nation land near Page, Arizona. Rattlesnake Canyon is a slot canyon — a narrow sandstone canyon that's carved by flash floods.
    AZ_Rattlesnake-Canyon_Curved-Walls_6...jpg
  • The walls of an open area of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo Nation land near Page, Arizona, take on different colors based on how much direct sunlight they receive. Sections near the slot canyon ceiling appear yellow and gold, while portions in deep shadow are purple. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Colorful-Chamber_622...jpg
  • Bright streaks fall down the curved walls of Upper Antelope Canyon in the Navajo Nation, Arizona. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Streaks_6235.jpg
  • A vibrant shaft of light shines on the floor of a particularly narrow section of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo tribal land in Page, Arizona. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks." The slot canyon is formed primarily by erosion during flash floods; torrents of water race through the canyon and sculpt the sandstone.
    Antelope-Canyon-Beam_S02-01-04.jpg
  • A heart shape appears among the curves of the ceiling of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone slot canyon, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Heart_7110.jpg
  • The walls of an open area of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo Nation land near Page, Arizona, take on different colors based on how much direct sunlight they receive. Sections near the slot canyon ceiling appear yellow and gold, while portions in deep shadow are purple. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Colorful-Chamber_622...jpg
  • Low clouds form over Zion Canyon in this aerial view over Zion National Park in southern Utah. The Virgin River is seen winding through Zion Canyon in the middle of this image.
    ZionNP_Zion-Canyon_Aerial_7942.jpg
  • Steep rock faces on the north side of Tule Canyon are turned golden by the setting sun in this view from near Fremont Saddle in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona.
    AZ_Tule-Canyon_Superstition_0623.jpg
  • The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone is filled with mist from Lower Yellowstone Falls, backlit by the morning sun.
    Yellowstone_Canyon-Wall_Mist_1158.jpg
  • LaSalle Canyon Falls, a 20-foot (6-meter) waterfall in Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, freezes in winter. Viewed from behind, the ice thins as the icefall thaws and can become almost translucent, forming dramatic green and blue colors as the ice of varying thickness refracts sunlight to different degrees.
    Illinois_Starved-Rock_LaSalle-Canyon...jpg
  • LaSalle Canyon Falls, viewed from behind, begins to thaw in late winter in Starved Rock State Park near LaSalle, Illinois. The 20-foot (6-meter) waterfall can completely freeze in winter. As it thaws, the ice thins and can become almost translucent, forming dramatic green and blue colors as the ice of varying thickness refracts sunlight to different degrees. Here, part of the icefall has melted as is once again flowing as a waterfall.
    Illinois_Starved-Rock_LaSalle-Canyon...jpg
  • Water drips and ice falls from the cave behind LaSalle Canyon Falls as it begins to thaw in late winter in Starved Rock State Park near LaSalle, Illinois. The 20-foot (6-meter) waterfall can completely freeze in winter. Here, part of the icefall has melted as is once again flowing as a waterfall.
    Illinois_Starved-Rock_LaSalle-Canyon...jpg
  • LaSalle Canyon Falls, a 20-foot (6-meter) waterfall in Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, freezes in winter. Viewed from behind, the ice thins as the icefall thaws and can become almost translucent, forming dramatic green and blue colors as the ice of varying thickness refracts sunlight to different degrees.
    Illinois_Starved-Rock_LaSalle-Canyon...jpg
  • The badlands of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, are turned golden by the setting sun in this view from the Painted Canyon Overlook.
    ND_RooseveltNP_Painted-Canyon_2004.jpg
  • LaSalle Canyon Falls begins to thaw in late winter in Starved Rock State Park near LaSalle, Illinois. The 20-foot (6-meter) waterfall can completely freeze in winter. Here, part of the icefall has melted as is once again flowing as a waterfall.
    Illinois_Starved-Rock_LaSalle-Canyon...jpg
  • Weavers Needle, a distinctive 4,555-foot (1,388-meter) spire in the Superstition Wilderness in Arizona, is turned golden by the setting sun. Weavers Needle is made up of heavily-eroded fused volcanic ash, called tuff, and is a prominent and distictive peak that's visible for miles. It played a significant role in the stories of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, with its shadow supposedly pointing toward to golden treasure. Peralta Canyon, a popular hiking destination in the Tonto National Forest, is visible at the base of Weavers Needle.
    Superstition-Wilderness_Weavers-Need...jpg
  • A vibrant shaft of light illuminates a tumbleweed on the floor of Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon that was carved by violent flash floods. Beams of light form only when the sun is nearly overhead, lighting up the blowing sand that fills the canyon, which is dozens of feet deep. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    AntelopeCanyon_Beam_Tumbleweed_0493.jpg
  • The late afternoon sun causes Bright Angel Canyon to fall into a deep shadow. Bright Angel Canyon is one of several tributary canyons that feed into the Grand Canyon. This image was captured from the Mather Point, located on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    BrightAngelCanyon.jpg
  • Sycamore Creek, a tributary of the Verde River, flows through Sycamore Canyon near Williams, Arizona. Sycamore Canyon, which is 21 miles (34 kilometers) long, is the second largest canyon in Arizona's redrock country, behind only Oak Creek Canyon. This scene was captured from Sycamore Point.
    AZ_SycamoreCanyon_8793.jpg
  • Bighorn Lake and Bighorn Canyon, part of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, are visible in this aerial view captured southwest of Yellowtail, Montana. Bighorn Lake is a reservoir formed by Yellowtail Dam, which was finished in 1965. When the reservoir is full, the lake extends 72 miles (115 kilometers) — the entire length of Bighorn Canyon — into Wyoming.
    Montana_Bighorn-Lake_Aerial_3759.jpg
  • Stars shine above the steep walls of the Tuweep Overlook, also spelled Toroweap, which provides one of the most dramatic views of teh Grand Canyon in Arizona. Lit by the full moon, the walls of the canyon are 3,000 feet tall. Here, the canyon is also a mile wide. It's one of the few places on the Grand Canyon rim where you can see both the Colorado River and the other side of the canyon.
    GrandCanyon_Tuweep_Night_4774.jpg
  • The Tuweep Overlook, also spelled Toroweap, provides one of the most dramatic views of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Here, the canyon is 3,000 feet deep and one mile wide. It's one of the few places on the canyon rim where you can see both the Colorado River and all the way across the canyon.
    GrandCanyon_TuweepSunrise_4815_v.jpg
  • The Tuweep Overlook, also spelled Toroweap, provides one of the most dramatic views of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Here, the canyon is 3,000 feet deep and one mile wide. It's one of the few places on the canyon rim where you can see both the Colorado River and all the way across the canyon.
    GrandCanyon_TuweepSunrise_4807.jpg
  • The full moon sets over the Bryce Canyon amphitheater at sunrise. The Earth's shadow and a red band, known as the Belt of Venus, are visible just above the horizon. Bryce Canyon is a national park in Utah.
    BryceCanyonMoon.jpg
  • Three vibrant shafts of light appear in a narrow passage in Antelope Canyon, a slot canyon carved by violent flash floods in Page, Arizona. The beams form only when the sun is nearly overhead, lighting up the blowing sand that fills the canyon, which is dozens of feet deep. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    AntelopeCanyonBeams.jpg
  • The full moon rises over Waimea Canyon on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Waimea Canyon, 10 miles long and 3,500 deep, is known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific.
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  • A slot canyon makes a sharp curve in Coyote Gulch, located in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. The narrow sandstone canyon was carved by flash floods.
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  • A small hole in the clouds on a stormy fall afternoon allows the sun to light up Vishnu Temple while the rest of the Grand Canyon is in a deep shadow. Vishnu Temple is visible from the south rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    GrandCanyon_VishnuTemple.jpg
  • Hundreds of hoodoos that make up the Bryce Canyon amphitheater are lit at sunrise. Bryce Canyon is national park in Utah. The hoodoos, or spires, are remanants of large sandstone fins that have been subjected to centuries of erosion.
    BryceCanyonAmphitheaterTight.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
  • The layers that make up the eroding walls of the Grand Canyon are visible from the Desert View vantage point on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    GrandCanyon_DesertView_8607.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
  • A solar pillar, also known as a sun pillar, forms before sunrise between two juniper trees on the southern rim of the Grand Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Solar pillars are caused by flat ice crystals in the air, which essentially act as mirrors for the sun's light.
    GrandCanyon_Junipers_Solar-Pillar_86...jpg
  • Fall colors line the bluff at Tomichi Point, high above the Gunnison River in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado. The gorge is the steepest in North America, dropping 2,772 feet (845 meters) at one point. It's called the Black Canyon because it's so steep in places that light doesn't reach the bottom.
    CO_Gunnison_TomichiPoint_1941.jpg
  • The steep canyon walls of Wall Street frame a tall hoodoo in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
    BryceWallStreetFramed.jpg
  • A hiker admires the view of the Bryce Canyon amphitheater in Utah on a cold winter morning after fresh snowfall. Winter temperatures in the canyon can drop below 0 degrees Fahrenheit.
    BryceCanyonWinterHiker.jpg
  • A vibrant rainbow forms during a late-afternoon rainstorm over Waimea Canyon on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The canyon is 10 miles long and more than 3,500 feet deep. It was carved by runoff from Mount Waialeale, which gets more rain than any other spot on Earth.
    kauai-waimea-rainbow-wide.jpg
  • Rising fog swirls around the Zoroaster Temple in this view from Bright Angel Point on the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
    GrandCanyon_ZoroasterTemple.jpg
  • The fast-moving Gunnison River carves a deep gorge in the rock at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado. Near this point, the Gunnison River drops 240 feet per mile (45 m/km), causing it to gain speed and strength to erode tougher rock. The Gunnison River drops more within the national park than the Mississippi River does between Minnesota and the Gulf of Mexico.
    CO_Gunnison_Exclamation_2054.jpg
  • Hundreds of hoodoos in the Bryce Canyon amphitheater in Utah are covered in fresh snow after a heavy winter snow storm. Some of the hoodoos are 200 feet tall.
    BryceCanyonWinterWide.jpg
  • The South Fork of the Kings River carved a curved channel out of a large rock in Kings Canyon National Park, California.
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  • Trees frame the view of the summit of Grand Sentinel, a 8518 foot (2596 meter) peak in Kings Canyon National Park, California.
    KingsCanyon_GrandSentinel_Framed_862...jpg
  • The Middle Fork of the Kings River runs through a deep gorge, called the Tehipite Valley, in Kings Canyon National Park, California. The deep gorge, located in the southern Sierra Nevada, is more than 4,000 feet (1250 meters) deep in places and was carved by glaciers. In this view, it runs between Kettle Ridge and the White Divide (on left) and the Monarch Divide and Windy Peak.
    CA_KingsCanyon_TehipiteValley_Blue_8...jpg
  • The Box Canyon of Mount Rainier National Park is an area where the Muddy Fork of the Cowlitz River carved a narrow gorge more than a hundred feet deep, but only 15 to 30 feet wide.
    Rainier_BoxCanyon_3818.jpg
  • A heavy rainstorm closes in over the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Several prominent peaks are visible in this view (from left to right): Angels Gate, Deva Temple, Brahma Temple and Zoroaster Temple.
    GrandCanyon_NorthRimStorm.jpg
  • A prominent formation known as Thor's Hammer is rendered as silhouette against the Sinking Ship and other hoodoos in the Bryce Canyon amphitheter in Utah.
    BryceThorsHammerWinter.jpg
  • Faded petroglyphs depicting wildlife are visible on a basalt rock wall in Hieroglyphic Canyon, located in the Superstition Wilderness in Arizona. The petroglyphs were carved by the Hohokam people who lived in central and southern Arizona as early as 500 A.D.
    Petroglyphs_Superstition-Wilderness_...jpg
  • A heavy rainstorm closes in over the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Several prominent peaks are visible in this view (from left to right): Angels Gate, Deva Temple, Brahma Temple and Zoroaster Temple.
    GrandCanyon_NorthRimStorm_8488.jpg
  • The South Fork of the Kings River flows around many large boulders and rocks in Kings Canyon National Park, California.
    KingsCanyon_KingsRiver_8653.jpg
  • Hundreds of hoodoos in the Bryce Canyon amphitheater in Utah are covered in fresh snow after a heavy winter snow storm. Some of the hoodoos are 200 feet tall.
    BryceCanyonWinterVertical.jpg
  • A fiery sunrise colors the sky above Fire Canyon, located in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada. Fire canyon is named for the dramatically different colors of Navajo sandstone that comprise the landscape there.
    vof-firecanyon-sunrise.jpg
  • Numerous Sierra Nevada mountains and ridges are visible through a hazy, golden sunset above Kings Canyon in California. Among the peaks are Converse Mountain (foreground), Rogers Ridge (foreground center), 8167-foot (2489-meter) Patterson Mountain (background right), and 6697-foot (2041-meter) Dinkey Mountain (background left).
    CA_KingsCanyon_SierraNevada_GoldenSu...jpg
  • A northern plateau lizard (Sceloporus undulates elongatus) blends in with the rocks along the rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado. The northern plateau lizard, which lives in rock outcrops and canyon walls, feeds on grasshoppers, crickets, leaf hoppers, flying ants, moths and other insects.
    Lizard_NorthernPlateau_GunnisonNP_20...jpg
  • An unamed waterfall plunges into a narrow passage in Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    BanffJohnsonCanyonFalls.jpg
  • An Allen's Chipmunk (Tamias senex) — and its shadow — feeds in the Sequoia National Forest near Kings Canyon National Park, California. Allen's Chipmunks, also known as Large Mountain Chipmunks or Shadow Chipmunks, are found from the coast to the mountains, though only the mountain chipmunks hibernate in the winter. Allen's Chipmunks primarily feed on fungi.
    Chipmunk_Allens_Shadow_8041.jpg
  • A pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) tree frames this view of the full moon rising over Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
    BryceCanyon_PinyonPine_Moonrise_1064.jpg
  • A yucca known as Our Lord's Candle (Yucca whipplei) blooms at Yucca Point in Kings Canyon National Park, California. The yucca can grow to be six feet (2 meters) tall. Its blooming season runs from April through June.
    Yucca_OurLordsCandle_KingsCanyon_858...jpg
  • Pegmatite, a light-colored granite, forms bright stripes on the otherwise dark walls of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado. These stripes were found on the Painted Wall, an especially dramatic part of the national park and the highest cliff in all of Colorado. Pegmatite is the result of especially water-rich magma, which is the last to cool and harden. Because it remains fluid longer, it is able to squeeze into cracks in rocks, resulting in the light-colored lines here.
    CO_PaintedWall_GunnisonNP_1965.jpg
  • Pegmatite, a light-colored granite, forms bright stripes on the otherwise dark walls of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado. These stripes were found on the Painted Wall, an especially dramatic part of the national park and the highest cliff in all of Colorado. Pegmatite is the result of especially water-rich magma, which is the last to cool and harden. Because it remains fluid longer, it is able to squeeze into cracks in rocks, resulting in the light-colored lines here.
    CO_PaintedWall_GunnisonNP_1966.jpg
  • A tall hoodoo known as Thor's Hammer stands in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
    BryceCanyon_ThorsHammer_4373.jpg
  • The midday sun shines through a narrow opening at the top of a slot canyon in the Coyote Gulch area of the Grand Staircase Escalante in Utah.
    CoyoteGulchSunburst.jpg
  • Hundreds of yuccas known as Our Lord's Candle (Yucca whipplei) bloom at Yucca Point in Kings Canyon National Park, California. The yuccas can grow to be six feet (2 meters) tall. Its blooming season runs from April through June.
    Yucca_OurLordsCandle_Many_KingsCanyo...jpg
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