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Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock near Monticello, Utah: A detail of Newspaper Rock at Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument near Monticello, Utah. The petroglyphs depict a man riding a horse and aiming a bow at a bull, as well as other human figures, animals, and plants. Newspaper Rock is one of the largest and...; Format: image/photograph

View from the Dead Horse Point Overlook: The vista from the Dead Horse Point Overlook. Dead Horse Point, located just north of the Island in the Sky region of the newer Canyonlands National Park, is a promontory, a large mass of land overlooking a lower area of land or water. They are formed when...; Format: image/photograph

Chelser Park Trail in Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: The Needles area is located in the southeast section of Canyonlands National Park. Visitors hiking along the Chesler Trail will see rock formations created by millions of years of erosion. The layers of sedimentary rock have rounded, smooth edges. Surrounding...; Format: image/photograph

Chelser Park Trail in Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: This image shows the smooth tops of rock formations seen from the Chesler Park Trail in Canyonlands National Park. The trail is located in the Needles section of the park. Just above the crests of the rocks, the tops of trees are visible. In the distance,...; Format: image/photograph

Lost Canyon Loop Trail in Canyonlands National Park: The rock formations along the Lost Canyon Loop trail in the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park show millions of years of erosion. This photograph shows the layers of sedimentary rock and an area of trees growing in harsh conditions below. The layers...; Format: image/photograph

Dead tree in Canyonlands National Park: The twisted remains of a dead tree stands in front of the smooth tops of rounded rock formations along a Chesler Park trail in the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park. The sedimentary rock layers have been exposed over millions of years of erosion....; Format: image/photograph

Blooming Cactus in Canyonlands National Park: The beautiful flowers of the Claret Cup Cactus grow amid the long white spines of the plant which is growing in a rock face along a trail in Canyonlands National Park. The cacti provide food for rodents living in the harsh landscape.; Format: image/photograph

Lost Canyon Loop Trail in Canyonlands National Park: In the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park scrubby bushes find a niche to grow in the smooth rock formed by years of erosion. In the distance, two red sedimentary rock towers stand watch over this harsh terrain.; Format: image/photograph

Chelser Park Trail in Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: Over millions of years sedimentary rock has eroded into the formations that are present today in Canyonlands National Park. This photograph shows the multi-colored layers of rock towering above the high desert floor below. The green scrubby bushes and trees...; Format: image/photograph

Chelser Park Trail in Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: An old Pinion Pine tree with its twisted trunk stands before a terracotta red rock formation along the Chesler Park Trail in the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park. The tree has only sparse greenery on its highest branches. A healthy evergreen tree...; Format: image/photograph

Mesa Arch in the Island in the Sky area of Canyonlands National Park: Visitors looking through Mesa Arch will see a beautiful vista before them. Utah's snowcapped La Sal Mountains can be seen in the distance. Washer Woman Arch stands next to Monster Tower. The rock formation looks like a washer woman bending over and scrubbing...; Format: image

Chelser Park, Canyonlands National Park: These odd looking rock formations have mushroom-shaped tops. The base of the formations are terracotta red and the “caps” are tan. In the background taller formations can be seen with horizontal cracks running all the way across them. Green shrubbery...; Format: image/photograph

Dead tree in Canyonlands National Park: The twisted trunk and limbs of a dead tree show how difficult the desert environment is for trees to grow in the high desert of the Canyonlands National Park. Juniper and Pinyon Pine survive in this area on very little water.; Format: image/photograph

Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park: Millions of years of erosion have created this landscape in the southeast corner of Utah. This photograph shows a green flat plain with deep canyons carved into it. This aerial view captures a dirt road running near a canyon in the foreground. Canyons and...; Format: image/photograph

Chesler Park Trail in the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: Formed over millions of years, these rock formations show the layers of sediment that were laid down and later became rock. The layers' colors are in tans, red, gray, and black. In the foreground, chips of stone line the trail while in the background the rock...; Format: image/photograph

Lost Canyon Loop in Canyonlands National Park: Over millions of years, layers of sediment formed into rock and then erosion has carved the rock into interesting land forms. This can be seen in this photograph taken on the Lost Canyon Loop in the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park. Scrubby vegetation...; Format: image/photograph

Chesler Park Trail in the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: This photograph shows how erosion has carved the sedimentary rock over millions of years. The boulder in the foreground is breaking down and chips of rock litter the ground next to it. The rocks in the background have perfectly straight horizontal cracks running...; Format: image/photograph

Along Chesler Park Trail in Canyonlands National Park: This photograph was taken looking up at the many layers of rock. Some of the layers are tan, some are red, and some are gray. Their ridges are smooth and rounded. Bushes and other plants are at their base.; Format: image/photograph

Chesler Park Trail, Canyonlands National Park: This photograph was taken from under an overhang along the Chesler Park Trail. Pinyon Pine and Juniper trees grow next to it. In the distance are rounded topped rock formations with layers of red and tan sedimentary rock.; Format: image/photograph

Trail to Chesler Park in Canyonlands National Park: A natural arch has been formed by erosion on the rock formations in this photograph taken along the trail to Chesler Park in Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Deep pits can be seen in these rocks which are colored red, tan, and gray. Blue sky peaks through...; Format: image/photograph

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