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Early morning light shines on the Straight Cliffs and Cockscomb Ridge in Utah's Escalante National Monument.

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The sandstone layers of the Coyote Buttes of Paria Canyon Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area in the Colorado Plateau.

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Like a Georgia O'Keeffe painting a hundred feet (30 meters) tall, light illuminates Antelope Canyon's signature sandstone.

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Patterned sandstone rock that lies on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes in the Paria Canyon Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area.

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Light patterns reflect off of water onto a vertical rock wall in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

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Heavy rains sweep across the Colorado Plateau.

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A thin layer of water gushes down an algae covered rock in Escalante National Monument.

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The Great Gallery petroglyphs at Horseshoe Canyon in Canyonlands National Park.

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A finger of the lake floods a small canyon.

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A Fremont cottonwood anchors the ecosystem of the Escalante River.

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The petals of tufted evening primrose flowers open at dusk in Paria Canyon Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area.

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A rock wall bears numerous ancient petroglyphs.

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Volcanic rock boulders are scattered across a standstone plateau.

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Coyote Buttes in the Paria Canyon Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area.

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