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Southwest US

Featuring images from Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and parts of California and Texas including Petrified Forest NP, White Sands NM, Capitol Reef NP, and more.

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Dawn Breaking over the Goblin Formations - (Goblin SP)
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Erosional Geologic Features at Sunset - (Goblin Valley SP)
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Goblin Valley State Park at Twilight - (Utah)
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area - (New Mexico)
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area - (New Mexico)
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Barrier Canyon Style Pictograph (Circa 400 BC-1200 AD) - (Utah)
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Utah Landscape - (Colorado River Recreational Area)
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Vista featuring Differentially Eroded Sandstone - (Arches NP)
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Turret Arch Landscape - (Arches NP)
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The Grand Landscape - (Big Bend Ranch SP)
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The Grand Landscape - (Big Bend Ranch SP)
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The Grand Landscape - (Big Bend Ranch SP)
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Tuff Formation with El Padre al Alter Visible - (Texas)
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Tuff Formation - (Texas)
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Tuff Formation - (Texas)
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Tuff Formation - (Texas)
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Tuff Formation - (Texas)
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Pulliam Bluff and Casa Grande - (Big Bend NP)
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Heavily Eroded Chisos Mountains Pluton - (Big Bend NP)
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Petroglyphs - (Big Bend NP)
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The Chimneys - (Big Bend NP)
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Ancient Cliff Dwelling with Wall and Grinding Stone - (Big Bend NP)
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Window through the Chimneys - (Big Bend NP)
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Volcanic Tuff and Pyroclastic Deposits - (Big Bend NP)
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Fisher Towers as Sun is Beginning to Set - (Utah)
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Fisher Mesa at Sunset - (Utah)
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Ancestral Puebloans Cliff Dwelling (Circa 1200 AD) - (Utah)
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Nevada Terraine
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Nevada Terraine 2
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Nevada Desert Landscape
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Petroglyph Panel (Fremont - Circa AD 1000-1250) - (Utah)
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Ghost Town Ruin - (Utah)
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Utah Landform
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Utah Landform
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Bryce Canyon National Park - (Utah)
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Death Valley National Park
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Badlands - (Death Valley NP)
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Death Valley National Park
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Death Valley National Park
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Death Valley National Park
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Badlands 2 - (Death Valley NP)
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Badlands 3 - (Death Valley NP)
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Badlands 5 - (Death Valley NP)
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Death Valley National Park
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Badlands 4 - (Death Valley NP)
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The Moving Rock (2) - (Death Valley NP)
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The Moving Rock - (Death Valley NP)
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Playa - (Death Valley NP)
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Petroglyph (Basketmaker and Ancient Puebloan - Circa 300 BCE to 1150 CE) - (Nevada)
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Zion National Park - (Utah)
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Tree Trunk Texture - (Utah)
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Bryce Canyon National Park - (Utah)
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Sunrise over Bryce Canyon
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Bryce Canyon National Park - (Utah)
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Petroglyph Panel of Bighorn Sheep and Hunters (Fremont - Circa AD 1000-1250) - (Utah)
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Petroplyph (Fremont - Circa AD 1000-1250) - (Utah)
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Petroglyph Panel (Fremont - Circa AD 1000-1250) - (Utah)
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Petroplyph (Fremont - Circa AD 1000-1250) - (Utah)
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Petroplyph (Fremont - Circa AD 1000-1250) - (Utah)
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Grand Canyon Wall Seen through the Trees - (Grand Canyon NP)
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Teepees Formation - (Petrified Forest NP)
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Pictograph - (Utah)
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Pictograph 2 - (Utah)
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Pictograph 3 - (Utah)
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Blue Mesa - (Petrified Forest NP)
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Petrified Tree Trunk - (Petrified Forest NP)
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Petrified Wood (detail) - (Petrified Forest NP)
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Moonlit Sandstone Fins, Venus Rising, and North Star with Star Trails - (Arches NP)
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Sunset after a Dust Storm (view 1) - (Arizona)
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Sunset after a Dust Storm (view 2) - (Arizona)
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Barrier Canyon Style Pictographs Panel - (Utah)
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Petrified Wood (detail) - (Petrified Forest NP)
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Petrified Tree Trunk (detail) - (Petrified Forest NP)
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Fremont Style Pictographs - (Utah)
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Petrified Tree Trunk - (Petrified Forest NP)
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Wukoki Pueblo (Sinagua - Circa AD 1100-1225) - (Wupatki NM)
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Bryce Canyon National Park
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Bryce Canyon National Park
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Bryce Canyon National Park
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Pinnacles - (Bryce Canyon NP)
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Bryce Canyon National Park - (Utah)
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Bryce Canyon National Park - (Utah)
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Bryce Canyon National Park
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Blacktail Prairie Dog - (Texas)
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"I'm gonna get'cha" - Blacktail Prairie Dog - (Texas)
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Blacktail Prairie Dog at its Den - (Texas)
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Aoudad (ewe), an introduced species - (Texas)
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Aoudad (ewe), an introduced species - (Texas)
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Singing Wren in the Desert - (Big Bend NP)
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Pronghorn Antelope in the Tall Grass - (Texas)
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Coyote on the Prowl - (Death Valley NP)
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Coyote - (Death Valley NP)
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Ubehebe Crater Wall - (Death Valley NP)
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Erosional Patterns - (Death Valley NP)
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Common Side-blotched Lizard - female (sp. Uta stansburiana) - (Nevada)
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Old Mining Town Ruin - (Nevada)
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Devil's Golfcourse - (Death Valley NP)
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Death Valley National Park
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Death Valley National Park
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Death Valley National Park (detail)
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Death Valley National Park (detail)
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Desert Sand Dunes and Fading Storm - (Death Valley NP)
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Common Side-blotched Lizard - male (sp. Uta stansburiana) - (Death Valley NP)
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Death Valley National Park
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Death Valley National Park
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Erosional Patterns - (Death Valley NP)
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Zabriskie Point, Death Valley and the Panamint Range - (Death Valley NP)
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Double Rainbow over Nevada Desert
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Rainbow over Nevada Desert
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Bryce Canyon National Park
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Sandstone Formations - (Arches NP)
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The Blue Mesa - (Petrified Forest NP)
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The Chisos Mountains - (Big Bend NP)
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Barrier Canyon Style Pictographs (with Fremont Style anthropomorph superimposed on one of the figures) (Circa 400 BC-1200 AD) - (Utah)
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The Christmas Mountains - (Big Bend NP)
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Little Christmas Mountain and Christmas Mountains Dome - (Big Bend NP)
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Tule Mountain at Sunset - (Texas)
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Ocotillo Bloom - (Big Bend NP)
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Ocotillo (detail) - (Big Bend NP)
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Salado Cliff Dwelling - (Tonto NP)
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Along Pine Creek - (Arizona)
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Montezuma Castle - a Cliff Dwelling - (Montezuma Castle NM)
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Wukoki Pueblo (Sinagua - Circa AD 1100-1225) - (Wupatki NM)
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Wukoki Pueblo (Sinagua - Circa AD 1100-1225) - (Wupatki NM)
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The North Rim - (Grand Canyon NP)
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Zion National Park
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Zion National Park
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Navajo Land - (Arizona)
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'Aghaala (Agathla Peak) - (Arizona)
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Clouds, Mesa and Spires - (Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park)
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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
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Hovenweep Castle (Anasazi - Circa AD 1200-1250) - (Hovenweep NM)
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Hovenweep Castle (Anasazi - Circa AD 1200-1250) - (Hovenweep NM)
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Hovenweep House (Anasazi - Circa AD 1200-1250) - (Hovenweep NM)
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Mummy Cave Ruin - (Canyon de Chelly NM)
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White House Ruins - (Canyon de Chelly NM)
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Petroglyph Panel (Circa AD 1800-1900's) - (Arizona)
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Junction Ruin - (Canyon de Chelly NM)
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Pictograph (Circa AD 1600-1900's) - (Arizona)
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Ledge Ruin - (Canyon de Chelly NM)
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Petroglyphs - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph - (New Mexico)
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San Miguel Mission - (New Mexico)
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Life on the Carrizozo Lava Flow, El Malpais Lava Beds - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyphs (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Anthropomorphic Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyphs (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph of a Human Foot (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph Anthropomorph with Headress (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph Anthropomorph with Headress (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Petroglyph (Jornada Mogollon - Circa AD 900-1400) - (New Mexico)
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Desert View - (White Sands NP)
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Desert Dunes - (White Sands NP)
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Desert Dunes and Storm - (White Sands NP)
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Storm approaching White Sands National Park
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Gila Cliff Dwelling (Mogollon - Circa AD 1270-1300) - (Gila Cliff Dwellings NM)
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Mission San Miguel - (New Mexico)
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Gateway to Santuario de Chimayo - (New Mexico)
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Cavate Dwelling at Bandelier NM
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Ceremonial Kiva - (Pecos NM)
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Ladder at Tsankawi - (New Mexico)
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Tsankawi Petroglyphs and Approaching Storm Along the Pajarito Plateau - (New Mexico)
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"Oldest House" in the US - (New Mexico)
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New Mexico Pueblo
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Pueblo Dwelling - (New Mexico)
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Pictograph (Barrier Canyon Style - Circa 7400 b.c.e. and 5100 b.c.e.) - (Utah)
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Pictograph (Barrier Canyon style) - (Utah)
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Pictograph (Archaic hunter-gatherer, Barrier Canyon style - Circa 400 BC-500 AD) - (Utah)
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Capitol Reef National Park
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Mudcracks - (Capitol Reef NP)
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Mudcracks (detail) - (Capitol Reef NP)
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Capitol Reef National Park - (Utah)
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Grand Canyon Silhouette Panorama - (Grand Canyon NP)
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Grand Canyon Silhouette 2 - (Grand Canyon NP)
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Grand Canyon Silhouette 1 - (Grand Canyon NP)
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Ancient Pueblo Ruins (Sinagua - Circa AD 1100-1225) - (Arizona)
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'Aghaala (Agathla Peak) - (Arizona)
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Navajo Pictograph of the Narbona Expedition (Circa 1800's AD) - (Arizona)
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Petroglyph Panel (Fremont - Circa AD 1000-1250) - (Utah)
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Petroglyph (Circa AD 500-1250) - (Utah)
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Petroglyph (Circa AD 500-1250) - (Utah)
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Petroglyph - (Utah)
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Temple Mountain Viewed through Old Stone Ruin - (Utah)
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Petroglyph (Fremont - Circa AD 1000-1250) - (Utah)
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Saguaro National Park
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Gypsum Sand Dune Textures - (White Sands NP)
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White Sands National Park - (New Mexico)
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Wind Sculptured Sand - (White Sands NP)
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City of Rocks State Park - (New Mexico)
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Red Rock Country - (Arizona)
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River Bottom - (Arizona)
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River Bottom 2 - (Arizona)
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Desert Oasis - (Big Bend NP)
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Checkboard Formation - (Zion NP)
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Bryce Canyon National Park in Winter
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Ledge Ruin - (Canyon de Chelly NM)
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