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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Presidents Day
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International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
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Coral Reef Awareness Week
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Whales in winter
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Lick Observatory
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Old Rock Day
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day
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Welcome to my neck of the woods
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Cherry blossoms spring to life
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Rainbow Mountain
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Frost-covered dunes on Mars
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The Millennium at 20
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Honoring our fallen heroes
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International Day of the Tropics
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Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
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Red-necked grebes during breeding season
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The desert blooms
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A gentle wind fills this sail
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An octagonal architectural treasure
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A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
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Till the cows come home
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Nazar amulets, Goreme National Park, Cappadocia, Turkey
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Celtic Colours International Festival, Canada
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Sedona, Arizona
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Glenfinnan Viaduct
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A treaty for science
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National Garden Week begins today
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Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
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National Bison Day
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National Park Week: Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii