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  • Patterns in the slow moving San Juan River near John's Canyon.
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  • Over looking the Green River from a sandstone ledge in the Desolation Canyon near wirefence rapid.
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  • Brilliant orange cliffs captured in a reflection pool on the shore of the Green River in Desolation Canyon.
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  • The San Juan river cascades over colorful rocks that line the river bottom near John's Canyon.
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  • Pinaleno Mountain  Peaks rise up above the San Simeon River Valley.
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  • The Green River slowly meanders through sandstone cliffs in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
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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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  • The Green River cuts trough the White Rim near the Candle Stick camp in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • Patterns emerge in the muddy bottom of the Oljeto Wash in Monument Valley.
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  • Oljeto wash hold water after a flash flood. This wash drains all of Monument Valley.
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  • A view of the  Green River as it cuts through Canyon Lands National Park,Utah near a formation known as the Turks Head.
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  • Water runs over sandstone ledges in Slickhorn Gulch on its way to the San Juan River.
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  • Graphic patterns in the sand along the San Juan River near Mexican Hat.
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  • Graphic patterns in the sand along the San Juan River of southern Utah.
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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 sun breaks through cloud cover for a burst of spectacular light in Cedar Breaks National Monument.
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  • The sunset dances between the clouds and the cliffs at Point Supreme in Ceadar Breaks National Monument.
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  • Bristle cones watch the Valley between the Ashdown  Gorge Wilderness and the Cedar Breaks National Monlument for thousands of years.
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  • Bristle cones watch the Valley between the Ashdown  Gorge Wilderness and the Cedar Breaks National Monlument for thousands of years.
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  • An ancient Bristle Cone Skeleton sit on a ridgeline in the Ashdown Gorge Wilderness.
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  • Bristle Cone Pines thrive in the grainular soil above 10,000 feet in the Ash Down  Gorge Wilderness.
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  • Sculpted mystical shapes balance on erroded sandstone and clay towers in Fantacy Canyon.
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  • Sculpted mystical shape of Fantacy Canyon.
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  • The Witch, one of the famous formations in Fantacy Canyon.
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  • Sculpted mystical shape of Fantacy Canyon.
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  • Sculpted mystical shape of Fantacy Canyon.
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  • Strangely eroded sandstone formations in the ancient bed of Fantacy Canyon.
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  • Colorful and fragile bentenite cliffs in the Cainville Wash, near Capitol Reef National Park.
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  • Desert Primrose blooms in the Bentenite cliffs in the Cainville Wash.
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  • Moon rise over Paunsaugunt Plateau at the top of the Grand Staircase of the Escalante.
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  • The red sandstone of the Vermillion Cliffs is breifly exposed, Coral Sand Dunes State Park.
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  • Detail of the silky pattern of Coral Pink Dunes.
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  • The Vermillion Cliffs rise behind the sand at the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.
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  • Long grass grows from a vegitation clump on the Coral Pink Dunes.
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  • Looking accross the Virgin River gorge towards Zion from the Gendale Bench.
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  • Pink sand and the Elkheart Cliffs glow in a classic desert sunset.
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  • Brilliant clouds guide you to   the rim of Gooseberry Mesa.
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  • The peaks of Zion National Park peak over the desert edge along the Jem Trail near Virgin.
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  • Snow Canyon houses beautiful rock formations in a uniquie corner of Utah.
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  • Sunset in the beautiful Snow Canyon State Park.
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  • Blue skies over Snow Canyon State Park.
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  • Snow Canyon houses beautiful rock formations in a uniquie corner of Utah.
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  • Snow Canyon boasts some beautiful rock formations in a uniquie corner of Utah.
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  • The Freemont river glows red, Capital Reef National Park, Utah.
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  • Sunrise on the San Rafael Reef.
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  • Little Wild Horse slot canyon, San Rafael Swell, Utah.
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  • Hoodoos in Goblin Valley, San Rafael Swell, Utah.
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  • Hoodoos in Goblin Valley, San Rafael Swell, Utah.
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  • Patterns on the desert floor of Goblin Valley, Utah.
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  • Twin Bridges known as the Eye of Sinbad in the sandstone reef of the San Rafael Swell.
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  • The Turks head is visible from the Green River Overlook, Canyonland National Park.
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  • Diffused light falls on the Klondike Bluff hoodoos in Arches 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 La Sal mountain range rises above sandstone slabs on the White Rim..
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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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  • Sunsets over White Rim Trail near the White Crack camp in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • The Needles and Maze districts of Canyonlands National Park from the White Crack camp overlook.
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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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  • Desert flowers like this Yucca, bloom in small ecosystems carved out of sandstone along the White Rim in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • Water holes in the White Rim sandstone  on Canyonlands National Park,leave behind graphic patterns.
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  • Sunrise illuminates the Moab Rim near Canyonlands National Park.
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  • A spectacular view of the Zion Canyon, midway up the Angels Landing trail in Zion National Park.
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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 Watchman camp provides a beautiful view of it name sake, late in the evening at 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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  • Waterfalls pour over sandstone terraces, on the Left Fork in Zion National Park.
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  • Water pours over the warm toned sandstone river bottom of the Left Fork In Zion National Park, Utah.
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  • Waterfalls pour over sandstone terraces, on the Left Fork of North Creek in Zion National Park, Utah
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  • Klondike Bluffs sits high on top of a band of Navajo Sandstone on the north western edge of Arches National Park, Utah.
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  • Mesa Arch spans the horizion above the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
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  • Mesa Arch spans the horizion above the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • A glint of warm sunlight strikes the desert floor contrasting the high peaks of the LaSal Mountian near Moab Utah.
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  • Pine trees dig into sandstone outcroppings on the edge of Hells Back Bone in Escalante National Monument, Utah.
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  • Pine trees dig into sandstone outcroppings on the edge of Hells Back Bone in Escalante National Monument, Utah.
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  • Storm clouds roll over the exposed sandstone of Hells Back Bone in the Escalante National Monument of southern Utah.
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  • Storm clouds roll over the exposed sandstone of Hells Back Bone in the Escalante National Monument of southern Utah.
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  • Round lichen covered boulders lay on the white sandstone of Black Top Mesa near Boulder Utah.
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  • Sandstone fins hover over Phillips Wash in Utah's Escalante National Monument.
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  • Sandstone fins hover over Phillips Wash in Utah's Esca;ante National Monument.
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  • Beautiful patterens on Spenser Flat, high in the Escalante.
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  • Graphic Patterns emerge in the sandstone layers of Utah's Escalante National Monument.
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  • The needles, far on the horizion sit quietly above the desert floor in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
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  • Pottery shards along the San Juan river indicate a robust native american population.
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  • Water pockets form in the sandstone slabs along the Big Springs-Squaw Flat loop trail in Canyonlands National Park.
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  • Sandstone formations create sensual shapes in the needles district of Canyonlands National Park.
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  • The scenic San Juan River carves through ancient limestone cliffs, down stream from Ross Rapid, Utah.
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  • Water runs of the sandstone ledges of Slickhorn Gulch in on its way to the San Juan River in southern Utah.
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  • The San Juan River flows past the formation Known as Mexican Hat.
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  • Graphic patterns in the sand along the San Juan River of southern Utah.
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  • Graphic patterns in the sand along the San Juan River near Mexican Hat.
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  • Water runs over sandstone ledges in Slickhorn Gulch on its way to the San Juan River.
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  • A view of the  Green River as it cuts through Canyon Lands National Park,Utah near a formation known as the Turks Head.
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  • Oljeto wash hold water after a flash flood. This wash drains all of Monument Valley.
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  • Barrel cactus blooms on the shore of the San Juan River in a section known as the Goose Necks of the San Juan.
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  • Water runs of the sandstone ledges of Slickhorn Gulch in on its way to the San Juan River in southern Utah.
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