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United States album cover. 449 photos. My US travels over 356 days.
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My USA travels to date
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The colorful sandstone spires and pancakes of Needles Loop Trail. Below center are 3 hikers on the trail. Canyonlands National park, Utah.
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Having lunch at the office.
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View along Needles Loop Trail, Canyonlands National park
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Squeezing through The Joint, a slot canyon while trekking the Needles Loop trail.
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Plants of Canyonland, Utah Top left: scarlet Indian paintbrush (castilleja miniata) Top right: ants mining an erysimum ochroleucum Bottom left: Berlandier's sundrops (calylophus berlandieri) Bottom right: unknown.
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Free camping 5 minutes outside Canyonlands National Park gate (Needles section).
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Called a thistledown velvet ant (dasymutilla sackeni), it is native to the area from Utah to Mexico. To my surprise it is actually a type of wingless wasp, with a painful sting if threatened. Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
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Newspaper Rock has hundreds of petroglyphs. In Navajo the rock is called "Tse' Hone" which translates to a rock that tells a story.
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Last known picture of outlaw El Camaleón in the Wild West.
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For $8 one drives a 17 mile loop through Monument Valley, around towering sandstone buttes.
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Iconic views of the Wild West from John Ford Point, named after the famous movie director. Monument Valley, Navajo Nation.
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Buttes for miles in Monument Valley, Navajo Nation
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Big sky in Monument Valley, Navajo Nation
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Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park. More artwork by the Colorado River. Watch tiny 4x4's (as 4x4 pixels) drive the 71 mile White Rim dirt road.
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Switchbacks of Shafer Trail. Canyonlands, Utah.
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Shafer Trail drops 457 meters from the rim of Island in the Sky, through the canyon for 19 miles, connecting to highway UT-279. Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
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I watch a non-venomous bullsnake, 4-5 feet long, for 45 minutes as she patiently makes her way down rocks. Arches National Park.
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Playing with arches. An early morning view of North Window arch framing Turret Arch in the background, a woman standing top left. Arches National Park, Utah.
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Trippin' at Sunset. The Double Arch viewed from the opposite (west) side, a girl waves with the moon rising behind.
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Minions scramble the gigantic Double Arch, 32 meters high (104 feet) with a span of 45 meters (148 feet). Arches National Park, Utah.
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For two days I hike the amphitheater interior, another day trekking Fairyland to the north. On a fourth day I skirt the rim, finding this angle for the 'big picture.' Feeling lucky in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
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Bryce Canyon National Park is at 2400-2778 meters (9,914 feet). On Bryce Trail I find this view, eye-level with the tops of the hoodoos.
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Two windows of the upper Cathedral wall. Peekaboo Loop, Bryce Canyon hoodoos.
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Thor's Hammer at left, part of Silent City, a cluster of steep hoodoos. Bryce Canyon.
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I count 10 individuals in this picture. Looking up at Sunrise Point from Queen's Garden. Bryce Canyon, Utah.
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Bryce Canyon hoodoos
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Looking at Bryce Point from Peekaboo loop.
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A human bean walks by the Cathedral, one of my favorite hoodoo walls. Peekaboo loop, Bryce Canyon.
