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Canyon X, a spectacular slot canyon near Page, Arizona. Slot canyons are formed when water and wind erode a cut through a (usually sandstone) mesa, producing a very narrow passage that may be as slim as a few feet and a hundred feet or more in height.
Location: Page, Arizona
Image ID: 36013  

Owl Canyon, a beautiful slot canyon that is part of the larger Antelope Canyon system. Page, Arizona.
Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona
Image ID: 36028  

Rattlesnake Canyon, a beautiful slot canyon that is part of the larger Antelope Canyon system. Page, Arizona.
Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona
Image ID: 36034  

Rattlesnake Canyon, a beautiful slot canyon that is part of the larger Antelope Canyon system. Page, Arizona.
Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona
Image ID: 36038  

Lower Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona.
Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona
Image ID: 37767  

Lower Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona.
Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona
Image ID: 37768  

Lower Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona.
Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona
Image ID: 37773  

Pedestal rock, or hoodoo, at Stud Horse Point. These hoodoos form when erosion occurs around but not underneath a more resistant caprock that sits atop of the hoodoo spire. Stud Horse Point is a spectacular viewpoint on a mesa overlooking the Arizona / Utah border.
Location: Page, Arizona
Image ID: 37778  

Pedestal rock, or hoodoo, at Stud Horse Point. These hoodoos form when erosion occurs around but not underneath a more resistant caprock that sits atop of the hoodoo spire. Stud Horse Point is a spectacular viewpoint on a mesa overlooking the Arizona / Utah border.
Location: Page, Arizona
Image ID: 37780  

Turret Arch viewed through North Window at Sunrise.
Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 37863  

Pine Tree Arch, Arches National Park.
Location: Pine Tree Arch, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 37865  

Moon and Stars over Balanced Rock, Arches National Park.
Location: Balanced Rock, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 29236  

Stars over the Organ, Courthouse Towers, Arches National Park.
Location: Courthouse Towers, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 29272  

Milky Way through North Window, Arches National Park.
Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 29277  

Delicate Arch with Stars and Moon, at night, Arches National Park.
Location: Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 29287  

Milky Way and Stars over Delicate Arch, at night, Arches National Park, Utah.
Location: Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 29299  

Mesa Arch Sunrise, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
Location: Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Image ID: 29301  

Sunrise light touches the Fins. Sandstone fins stand on edge. Vertical fractures separate standing plates of sandstone that are eroded into freestanding fins, that may one day further erode into arches.
Location: Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 29255  

Mesa Arch spans 90 feet and stands at the edge of a mesa precipice thousands of feet above the Colorado River gorge. For a few moments at sunrise the underside of the arch glows dramatically red and orange.
Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Image ID: 18085  

Landscape Arch in winter. Landscape Arch has an amazing 306-foot span.
Location: Landscape Arch, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 18115  

Hiker in North Window, sunset, western face. North Window is a natural sandstone arch 90 feet wide and 48 feet high.
Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 18160  

Skyline Arch spans 90 feet.
Location: Skyline Arch, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 18172  

Pine Tree Arch on the Devil's Garden Trail in Arches National Park.
Location: Pine Tree Arch, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 18186  

Fins. The vertical slabs of Entrada sandstone may become natural sandstone arches.
Location: Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 18187  

The Organ at Courthouse Towers, narrow sandstone fins towering above the surrounding flatlands.
Location: Courthouse Towers, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 18195  

Mobius Arch in golden early morning light. The natural stone arch is found in the scenic Alabama Hlls near Lone Pine, California.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21731  

The long shadow of a hiker lies on Mobius Arch, a natural stone arch in the Alabama Hills.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21733  

Mobius Arch, the Alabama Hills and the Sierra Nevada Range at sunrise, pink early morning light.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21734  

Aerial View of the San Rafael Reef, Utah. This is a canyon-like section of the San Rafael Reef, photographed at sunrise. The "reef proper" is on the right, with its characteristic triangular flatiron erosion. The canyon in the center is a fold in the Earth's crust affiliated with the boundary of the San Rafael Swell. The colors seen here arise primarily from Navajo and Wingate sandstone.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 39496