By showing you this coveted sight, we"re saving you a bit of an ordeal. For a close-up view like this of "The Wave," a whorled sandstone formation in the northern Arizona wilderness, you"d have to navigate a rugged and mostly trail-free route with a permit in your pocket (only a small number are available, offered via a daily lottery). But that"s just one day hike of many in the expansive Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, which encompasses almost 300,000 acres of Arizona and Utah canyonland.
A sea of swirling stone
Today in History
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Goodbye, 2020!
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Grand finish of Le Tour
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An island for the birds
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No, it s not a leaf. Happy Look-alike Day
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They’re grrrape!
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Cumberland Island National Seashore
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Tesla, the visionary
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Terraced fields of green
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A triumph of light
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New Zealand s loneliest mountain
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