Canyons and Deserts

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Mesa Arch, etched with snow, glows with a starburst in Cayonlands National Park, in Utah.
Mesa Arch Sunburst
A river runs through a deep slot canyon in the narrows section of Zion National Park.
The Wall Street Narrows
Bryce Canyon hoodoos glow in morning light in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
Bryce Canyon
Ancient doorway into rich Native American culture at Chaco Culture National Historic Park in New Mexico.
Pueblo Bonito
Deliate Arch illuminated after a brief storm in Arches National Park, Utah.
Delicate Arch
A beam of light cuts through the slot canyon of sandstone at Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona.
Lightfall in Antelope Canyon
Narrow passageways wind through sandstone in this perfect example of a slot canyon in Antelope Canyon, Arizona.
Passage, Antelope Canyon
Spider Rock spire is a prominent feature in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, on Navajo land in Arizona.
Canyon de Chelly
The entrance to Subway Canyon in Zion National Park is a spectacular tight section of the Great West Canyon and the Left Fork of North Creek.
Subway Canyon
Subway Falls is the beginning of the slot canyon that cradles the Left Fork of North Creek in Zion National Park.
Subway Falls
Deep into the subway section of Left Fork, light glows in the wildly popular slot canyon that draws hikers and canyoneers.
El Camino de Agua
The subway pools are emerald pools of the Left Fork of North Creek in a tunnel-like slot canyon that doubles as a park trail for canyoneering in Zion.
Subway Pools
The Wall Street section of the Virgin River Narrows is best known for dramatic slot can and glowing diffused light.
Wall Street Section of Virgin River Narrows
Ripples in pure white sand dunes seem to stretch endlessly in White Sands, New Mexico.
Dunes of White Sands