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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New York City Marathon
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Citizenship Day and Constitution Day
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Rock River Falls, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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Remembering the Velvet Revolution
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Songkran—Thai New Year
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Happy Fourth of July!
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Computer Science EDU Week
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‘Fringe’ takes center stage as Edinburgh celebrates the arts
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Wilderness Act anniversary
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Superbloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California
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Celebrating National Park Week, April 21-29
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Diwali
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Fibonacci Day
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