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  • Water collects in a small pool in a ravine in the Superstition Wilderness near Gold Canyon, Arizona. The water source in the Sonoran Desert was important to the Native American Hohokam people, who settled in the area as early as 500 A.D. The Hohokams left behind some petroglyphs, which are visible on the rocks in the upper left corner of the image.
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  • Water flows into a small pool in a ravine in the Superstition Wilderness near Gold Canyon, Arizona. The water source in the Sonoran Desert was important to the Native American Hohokam people, who settled in the area as early as 500 A.D. The Hohokams left behind some petroglyphs, which are visible on the rocks in the top center of the image.
    Superstition-Wilderness_Hieroglyphic...jpg
  • The moon gets ready to set near the base of a large saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in the Superstition Wilderness near Gold Canyon, Arizona. Saguaro are native to the Sonoran Desert and are known for their "arms," which take ages to grow. The saguaro can take 10 years to reach its first inch of height and another 60 years to produce its first flowers. By 95-100 years, saguaros can be 15-16 feet tall and may finally produce their first arm, though some of the cacti never generate one.
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  • 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.
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  • Large rock spires point to the night sky above the Superstition Mountains in the Superstition Wilderness, Arizona.
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  • A large rock frames Weavers Needle, a distinctive 4,555-foot (1,388-meter) spire in the Superstition Wilderness in Arizona. 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.
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  • 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
  • Feature Show Falls divides into several strands as it drops about 180 feet (55 meters) into the Boulder River in the Boulder River Wilderness in Washington state.
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  • Brittlebrush (Encelia farinosa) blooms at the base of the Dacite Cliffs in the Superstition Wilderness of Arizona.
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  • A rainbow rises from a carpet of fall color as a heavy rainstorm passes over the Bear Rocks in the Dolly Sods Wilderness, West Virginia.
    WV_Dolly-Sods_Bear-Rocks_Rainbow_434...jpg
  • Lichen and moss form patterns on an exposed rock face near Lake Dorothy in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Washington state.
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  • Several western brackenferns (Pteridium aquilinum) grow from a crack in a steep rock face in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness near Lake Dorothy, Washington.
    WA-Alpine-Lakes_Ferns_Rock-Face_8054.jpg
  • Camp Robber Creek cascades over a rock face as it flows from Lake Dorothy in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington state.
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  • Stars fill the sky above the Superstition Mountains, which are surrounded by saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea) in the Superstition Wilderness in Arizona. The saguaro is a large cactus noted for its "arms" that is native to the Sonoran Desert.
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  • Pollen streaks across Lake Dorothy, located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington state.
    WA-Alpine-Lakes_Lake-Dorothy_Pollen_...jpg
  • Glacier Peak, a 10,541-foot (3,213-meter) volcano in Washington state, rises above a layer of clouds that obscures lower peaks in the Cascade Range. Glacier Peak, also known as Takobia, is one of Washington's most active volcanoes, erupting five times over the past 3,000 years. It also ranks as the state's fourth-tallest mountain.
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  • Wind blows across a curved dune, creating streaks of sand in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness in Washington state. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness, northeast of Pasco, Washington, is home to the largest sand dunes in Washington state. The dunes, some of which are as much as 100 feet high, are located in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness, located in Franklin County, is a wilderness preserve that spans more than 7,000 acres.
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  • Fiery red ground cover carpets the Rohrbaugh Plains in fall color, located in the Dolly Sods Wilderness in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia.
    WV_Dolly-Sods_Rohrbaugh-Plains_Autum...jpg
  • The wind blows blades of dried grass, which carve a light groove into a sand dune in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width. The dunes formed in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age.
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  • A blade of grass grows from and casts its shadow on a rippled sand dune in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width. The dunes formed in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age.
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  • A blade of grass grows from and casts its shadow on a rippled sand dune in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width.
    JuniperDunes_GrassShadow_6076.jpg
  • Fallen trees stretch across East Hickory Creek near the southern boundary of the Hickory Creek Wilderness in the Allegheny National Forest, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
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  • Sunlight and trees are reflected on East Hickory Creek, which flows over rocks in the Hickory Creek Wilderness in the Allegheny National Forest in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
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  • The Juniper Dunes Wilderness, northeast of Pasco, Washington, is home to the largest sand dunes in Washington state. The dunes, some of which are as much as 100 feet high, are located in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age.
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  • Sandstone streaks curve and bend around The Wave, a petrified sand dune located on the Coyote Buttes Wilderness of Northern Arizona.
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  • A very narrow canyon leads through a petrified sand dune, known as the Wave, in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness in northern Arizona.
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  • A narrow canyon winds through a petrified sand dune located at the Wave, Coyote Buttes Wilderness, northern Arizona.
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  • Centuries of wind and rain have eroded a petrified sand dune, known as "The Wave," located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness on the Arizona-Utah border.
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  • Centuries of erosion has carved a narrow canyon through a streaked, petrified sand dune in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness in Northern Arizona.
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  • A narrow canyon runs through the ancient, petrified sand dune, known as The Wave in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness of Northern Arizona.
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  • The Three Sisters, a cluster of three volcanic peaks in central Oregon, are bathed in alpenglow as the full moon sets into the Belt of Venus just before sunrise in this aerial view. The three peaks are the third-, fourth- and fifth-highest peaks in Oregon. Of the three, the South Sister, visible on the left, is the tallest with an elevation of 10,385 feet (3,157 meters) and is also known as Charity. The Middle Sister, also known as Hope, is the shortest with an elevation of 10,047 feet (3,062 meters). The North Sister, also known as Faith, is slightly taller at 10,085 feet (3,074 meters). The Three Sisters are unusual in that the volcanic peaks are in a dense cluster; volcanoes in the Cascade Range are typically spaced out with 40 to 60 miles (60 to 100 kilometers) of distance between them. Of the three peaks, only the South Sister is likely to become active again. The last eruption was 50 B.C. The Three Sisters are part of the Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon's second-largest wilderness area.
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  • A beetle leaves tracks as it runs across the rippled sand dunes of the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width.
    JuniperDunes_Beetle.jpg
  • The sun shines through the canopy of a second- or third-generation forest in the proposed addition to the Hickory Creek Wilderness in the Allegheny National Forest, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
    PA_Allegheny_Forest_Sunburst_8582.jpg
  • The sun shines through the canopy of a second- or third-generation forest in the proposed addition to the Hickory Creek Wilderness in the Allegheny National Forest, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
    PA_Allegheny_Forest_Sunburst_8601.jpg
  • Dark storm clouds hover over The Wave, petrified sand dunes that were carved by centuries of erosion from wind and heavy rain. The Wave is located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness area of Arizona.
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  • The first light of day turns the eastern face of Mount Tom golden in the Owens Valley near Bishop, California. Mount Tom, with an elevation of 13,658 feet (4,163 meters), is the 12th tallest mountain in California. It is in the Sierra Nevada mountain range and part of the John Muir Wilderness.
    CA_Bishop_Mount-Tom_Sunrise_1014.jpg
  • A long-tailed sage brush lizard (Urosaurus graciosus) navigates a ledge in an area known as The Wave in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness near the Utah/Arizona border.
    Lizard_LongTailedBrush.jpg
  • Centuries of wind and rain have eroded a petrified sand dune, known as "The Wave," located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness on the Arizona-Utah border.
    WaveRipplesArizona.jpg
  • Centuries of erosion from rain and wind have carved dramatic curves into a petrified sand dune known as "The Wave," located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness in Arizona.
    WaveBasinArizona.jpg
  • Thick fog covers a high mountain valley beneath Mount Shuksan, a 9,127-foot (2,782-meter) peak located in the North Cascades National Park in Washington state. Valley fog, which is a type of radiation fog, can be incredible dense. It forms when air along ridgetops and mountain slopes cools after sunset. The air then becomes dense and sinks into the valley below where it continues to cool and becomes saturated, causing fog to form. Shuksan is derived from a Skagit Indian word meaning "rocky and precipitous."
    Shuksan_ValleyFog_0716.jpg
  • Steam fog seems to erupt from a small pool on an island within Sparks Lake in the Deschutes National Forest near Bend, Oregon. The island is covered with yellow spear-leaf arnica (Arnica longifolia) flowers in mid-summer. Broken Top Mountain rises in the back left of the image. Broken Top, which stands 9,177 feet (2,797 meters) tall, is a stratovolcano that last erupted about 100,000 years ago and has since been eroded by glaciers.
    OR_Sparks-Lake_Broken-Top_Wildflower...jpg
  • A layered sandstone wall appears to have been twisted and folded by many thousands of years of geological forces in Harris Wash in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
    Grand-Staircase-Escalante_Harris-Was...jpg
  • 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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  • Flash floods eroded a wavy pattern into the narrow walls of this slot canyon in the Coyote Gulch of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
    Grand-Staircase-Escalante_Wall-Curve...jpg
  • Some fall color is visible through a light dusting of snow on a hillside that looks out to the Tatoosh Range in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
    RainierNP_Tatoosh-Range_Fall-Snow_55...jpg
  • An autumn sunrise reddens the sky over the Missouri River at Coal Banks Landing in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in Montana.
    MissouriRiver_Coal-Banks_Fiery-Sunri...jpg
  • A small sandstone window frames a view of a narrow slot canyon in the Coyote Wash area of Grand Staircase National Monument in Utah. Flash floods carved narrow canyons in the sandstone.
    Grand-Staircase-Escalante_Coyote-Gul...jpg
  • Fall color covers a meadow in the Paradise section of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, against a backdrop of the Tatoosh Mountains.
    RainierNP_Tatoosh-Range_Fall-Color_5...jpg
  • Water pours over the face of a moose (Alces alces) after it lifts while feeding on vegetation in Fishercap Lake in the Many Glacier region of Glacier National Park, Montana.
    Moose_FishercapLake_GlacierNP_0352.jpg
  • Flash floods eroded a wavy pattern into the narrow walls of this slot canyon in the Coyote Gulch of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
    Grand-Staircase-Escalante_Wall-Curve...jpg
  • An autumn sunrise reddens the sky over the Missouri River at Coal Banks Landing in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in Montana.
    MissouriRiver_Coal-Banks_Fiery-Sunri...jpg
  • A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) hunts for food in a vast, snow-covered landscape along the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Fox-Red_Yellowstone_Lamar-Valley_Vas...jpg
  • The large Schultz Lake and thousands of others are visible in the golden light of dusk in this aerial view over Nunavut, Canada. The lakes are in the Kivalliq Region (also spelled Keewatin). The Thelon River carries water into and out of Schultz Lake.
    Canada_Nunavut-Lakes_Aerial_3094.jpg
  • The large Tehek Lake (bottom) and thousands of others are visible in the golden light of dusk in this aerial view over Nunavut, Canada. The lakes are in the Kivalliq Region (also spelled Keewatin).
    Canada_Nunavut-Lakes_Aerial_3149.jpg
  • Several arches have been worn into a narrow slot canyon known as Peek-a-Boo Gulch, located in the Grand Staircase Escalante in Southern Utah.
    PeekABoo-Arches.jpg
  • Golden aspens, at the peak of their fall color, stand at the base of the Sangre de Christo mountain range near Zapata, Colorado.
    AspensSangreDeChristoCO.jpg
  • Canyon Creek flows across the Indian Beach in Ecola State Park on the Oregon coast. Several sea stacks are visible in the Pacific Ocean including Submarine Rock (left) and Sea Lion Rock Arch (right).
    OR_Ecola_IndianBeach_Sunrise_0895.jpg
  • Several small rocks lie at the base of a dry waterfall, which was carved by flash floods in the Coyote Gulch area of the Grand Staircase Escalante, Utah.
    CoyoteGulchDryFall.jpg
  • A paraglider flies from the summit of Stawamus Chief, a 702 meter (2,303 foot) granite dome near 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. The peak is popular with rock climbers and paragliders.
    BC_StawamusChief_Paraglider_5462.jpg
  • A small sandstone window frames a view of a narrow slot canyon in the Coyote Wash area of Grand Staircase National Monument in Utah. Flash floods carved narrow canyons in the sandstone.
    Grand-Staircase-Escalante_Coyote-Gul...jpg
  • Several gulls line the shore of Puget Sound at Mukilteo, Washington, as the sun sets behind the Olympic Mountains.
    Mukilteo_GullsPugetSoundSunset.jpg
  • A moose (Alces alces) feeds on plant life in Fishercap Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana.
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  • The early morning sunlight illuminates a small drop-off in Evans Creek, east of Carbonado, Washington.
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  • 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
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  • 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.
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  • South Sister is reflected on the water of Sparks Lake on a foggy summer morning in Deschutes County, Oregon. South Sister, at 10,363 feet (3,159 meters) tall, is the tallest and youngest volcano in Oregon's Three Sisters group, last erupting about 2,000 years ago. Yellow spear-leaf arnica (Arnica longifolia) flowers bloom on a small island in Sparks Lake.
    OR_Sparks-Lake_South-Sister_Fog_3774.jpg
  • Flash floods eroded a wavy pattern into the narrow walls of this slot canyon in the Coyote Gulch of the Grand Staircase Escalante, Utah.
    CoyoteGulchWavyWalls.jpg
  • The North and South Windows of Arches National Park, Utah, are blanketed in fresh snow. The park is more than 4,000 feet above sea level, so its limited precipitation falls as snow in the winter.
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  • 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
  • A very narrow slot canyon winds like a corkscrew through Coyote Gulch, located in the Grand Staircase Escalante, Utah.
    CoyoteGulchCorkscrew.jpg
  • The Boulder River squeezes through a narrow crack in the rock near Darrington in Washington's Central Cascades. The water's milky appearance is due to an extended exposure. A large cedar tree that fell in a storm is trapped by one of the large rocks in the river.
    BoulderRiver_NarrowPassage_Tree_9123.jpg
  • The Maroon Bells are reflected in Maroon Lake in Colorado on a still autumn morning. The Maroon Bells are a pair of mountains, the tallest of which is 14,156 feet (4,317 meters). The peaks are located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest.
    CO_MaroonBells_Autumn_Dawn_1750.jpg
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