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
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Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, California
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National Hummingbird Day
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A snuggling ball of cute
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Sailing on thick ice
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An ice cap-puccino
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Innerdalsvatna Lake, near Ålvundeidet, Norway
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Taking the scenic route
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Fall for Chile
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It s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
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Rosa Parks Day
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Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
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Dark Sky Week
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Earth Day
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It s Independence Day in Mexico
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Friendship Day in the City of Brotherly Love
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A yearly sign that spring has sprung
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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Beethoven s 250th
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Sibiu Christmas market, Romania
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It’s showtime for a precious crop
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The lemurs of Madagascar
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On the wings of the Wright brothers
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National Park Week begins
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Celebrating sea otters
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Mardi Gras flower power
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A magnificent monolith
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Nature Photography Day
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