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  • Tinajas (water pockets) in the hard sandstone of Muley Point, in southern Utah.
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  • Huge sandstone cliff above the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
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  • Lower Calf Creek Falls cascades 130 feet into a tranquill  desert pool below. The Fremont River cuts through sandstone in Capital Reef National Park, Utah.
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  • Lower Calf Creek Falls cascades 130 feet into a tranquill  desert pool below. The Fremont River cuts through sandstone in Capital Reef National Park, Utah.
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  • The Fremont River cuts through sandstone in Capital Reef National Park, Utah.
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  • Storm clouds over Capital Reef National Park along the Navajo Trail.
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  • A thunderstorm reflects into a clear blue pool, Willow Tanks.
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  • Sand stone waves in the rolling rock of Utah's Escalante National Monument (The Grand Stair Case).
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  • Storm over the unearthy formations of Bryce National Park.
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  • Waterfall in the red rock country of Southern Utah.
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  • Red rock formations in Arches National Park, Utah.
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  • Storm clouds over the slick rock of the Moab Rim, Utah.
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  • Sandstone fins rise from the desert floor in red rock country, Arches National Park.
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  • Corona Arch in the Colorado Plateau near Moab.
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  • Eroded cliffs and sandstone formations line the Cathedral Valley road in the north section of Capital Reef National Park.
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  • Early sun strikes the Temple of the Sun in the Cathedral Valley of Capital Reef National Park.
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  • Tinaja (water pocket) near Oak Creek in Capital Reef National Park, Utah.
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  • Patterns emerge in the muddy bottom of the Oljeto Wash in Monument Valley.
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  • The turbulent water of the Left Fork of North Creek carves incredible formations in the river bottom at, The Subway, in Zion National Park, Utah.
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  • Fall foliage from cottonwood, and maple gather on the exposed rocks of the Virgin River, Zion National Park, Utah.
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  • Sandstone cliffs reflect in the Virgin River on its way through the Zion Canyon, Utah.
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  • The moon sets over the West Temple and the towers of the Virgin. The highest peak in the Zion Canyon.
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  • Fall rains produce flash flood conditions on the east side of Zion National Park, Utah.
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  • Grey soil emphasizesfall colors along the northern edge of the Escalante National Monument.
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  • Alder in fall foilage creates a graphic background along the Calf Creek Falls trail in the Escalante National Monument.
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  • Twisted oak trees in fall foilage line the creek bottom along the Calf Creek falls trail in the Escalante National Monument of southern Utah.
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  • Strong verticle lines are carved into the pink/red cliffs of, The Gultch, in the heart of the Escalante National Monument in southern Utah.
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  • Aspen trees, already bare from the coming winter temperature, create an erie mood in the Dixie National Forest of southern Utah.
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  • Aspen trees, already bare from the coming winter temperature, create an erie mood in the Dixie National Forest of southern Utah.
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  • Graphic patterns in the bottom of a desert wash in Zion National Park, Utah.
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  • Petraglyphs on a sandstone wall in the Desolation Canyon of the Green River, Utah.
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  • News Paper Rock in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • A small pool or water pocket fills with rain water at Squaw Flat Junction in Canyonlands National Park,Utah.
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  • A waterfall pours over sandstone, Moab Rm, Utah.
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  • Short Canyon Pictographs, San Rafael Swell.
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  • Rochester Petraglyph Panel, in the Molen Reef, San Rafael Swell.
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  • Temple Mountain Pictograph panel, San Rafael Swell.
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  • Head of Sinbad Pictographs near Locomotive Point, San Rafael Swell.
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  • Buckhorn Wash Pictograph Panel, San Rafael Swell, Utah.
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  • Buckhorn Wash Pictograph Panel, San Rafael Swell.
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  • Angel figures in the Buckhorn Wash Pictograph Panel, San Rafael Swell.
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  • Buckhorn Wash Pictograph Panel, San Rafael Swell.
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  • Freemont Pictograph in Bunkhorn Gulch, San Rafael Swell, Utah.
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  • Freemont Pictograph in Bunkhorn Gulch, San Rafael Swell, Utah.
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  • The Green River cuts trough the White Rim near the Candle Stick camp in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • Water holes fill with rain giving life to many in the harsh desert environment of Canyonlands National Park.
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  • The Green River cuts trough the  sandstone along the White Rim near the Candle Stick camp in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • Bottle Brush blooms on the cliff edge near Candle Stick Butte in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • Yucca blooms on the White Rim sandstone of Canyonlands National Park.
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  • The sun drops low in the western sky illuminating White Rim sandstone in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • White Rim Sandstone is exposed near the Gooseberry Camp, a popular camp for mountain bikers, in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • The Green River flows gently below the Candle Stick Camp on the White Rim in  Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
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  • Giant rock formations fall from the rim rock of Gooseberry Canyon along the White Rim.
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  • The Angels Landing trail provides a beautiful vista at the scout overlook above  some of Zion Canyon's giant sandstone formations.
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  • The roots of ancient ponderosa pines cover the Angels Landing trail high in Zion National Park.
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  • Petraglyphs carved in a protected areas of Petraglyph Canyon adorn the wal of Zion National Park. Utah.
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  • Petraglyphs carved in a protected areas of Petraglyph Canyon adorn the wal of Zion National Park. Utah.
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  • Carmel colored water from the sand in the spring run off fills the pot holes of "The Subway", on the Left Fork in Zion National Park, Utah.
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  • The spring run off from Zion's Left Fork creates graphic pattern and intense color in "The Subway".  One of Zion National Parks most popular wilderness hikes.
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  • Terraced stone ledges on Left Fork, creates many tranquill waterfalls.
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  • The burning bush near Mesa Arch, Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
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  • Pine trees grips the sandstone outcropping on the edge of Hells Back Bone in Escalante National Monument.
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  • A deep gash in the Plateau at Hells Back Bone marks the edge of the Grand Staircase in the Escalante National Monument, Utah.
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  • Angels Landing, Zion National Park, Utah.
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  • Maples in the Zion Canyon display fall colors.
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  • Ponderosa Pine sits as an becon at the summit of Zions Angels Landing.
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  • A hardy Pine ancors to the hard sandstone ridge of the Angels Landing.
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  • The Green River slowly meanders through sandstone cliffs in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
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  • The Green River flows through Millard Canyon in Canyon Lands National Park, Utah.
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  • Big Tooth Maples grow in the cool canyons of Zion National Park.
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  • An oak tree twist around a sandstone boulder near the Middle Emerald Pool in Zion Canyon.
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  • The Watchman towers above the Virgin River on its way through Zion Canyon.
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  • Oak trees loose there leaves in the cool canyons of Zion National Park.
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  • The Virgin River flows past the, Court of the Patriarchs.
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  • Maple leaves in the Upper Emerald Pool, Zion National Park.
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  • Big Tooth Maple in fall foliage, Zion National Park, Utah.
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  • The White Rim is visible from the Green River overlook in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • The Fremont River cuts through sandstone in Capital Reef National Park.
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  • Minerals in Bentinite clay decorate the parched desert landscape near Halls Landing.
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  • Cool clear runoff fills the Willow Tanks on the southern edge of Capital Reef National Park.
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  • Halls Creek Overlook in Capital Reef National Park.
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  • Ice hangs from the edge of a desert wash in Zion National Park.
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  • The desert drops away along the sharp fault line of the Water Pocket Fold.
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  • Monument of the Sun, Capital Reef National Park, Utah.
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  • Low water in late fall at the entrance to the Subway, the Left Fork of North Creek, Zion National Park, Utah.
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  • Turbulent water of the Left Fork of North Creek creates potholes in a section known as the Subway in Zion National Park.
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  • Heart shapped pool in the Left Fork of North Creek, a section known as the Subway.
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  • The Left Fork of North Creek cuts through a sanstone slab in Zion National Park.
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  • The Left Fork of North Creek cuts through a red sanstone slab.
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  • The turbulent water of the Left Fork of North Creek carves incredible formations at The Subway, in Zion National Park.
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  • Water spills over the walls of Zion Canyon at the Upper Emerald Pools.
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  • Petraglyphs on a sandstone wall in the Desolation Canyon of the Green River, Utah.
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  • Sunrise over giant sand stone slabs of Navajo National Monument.
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  • Giant sand stone slabs create wonder canyons in Navajo National Monument.
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  • Giant sandstone formations create wondeful canyons in Navajo National Monument.
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  • Oza Butte sits at 8065 feet on the North Rim.
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  • Pine trees rest on the rocky edge of the North Rim near Bright Angel Point.
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  • North Rim
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