By showing you this coveted sight, we"re saving you a bit of an ordeal. To get a close-up view of the Wave, a whorled sandstone formation in the northern Arizona wilderness, you"d have to navigate a rugged and mostly trail-free hiking route in typically scorching temperatures. You"d also need to have a permit in your pocket. To protect the landscape, only a small number of permits are available, offered through a daily lottery. But maybe for you the journey is at least as important as the destination? If so, this is just one hike of many in the expansive Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, which protects more than 100,000 acres of Arizona and Utah canyonland.
The Wave at Coyote Buttes
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Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
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Chapel of St. Michel on Lake Serre-Ponçon, Hautes-Alpes, France
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Merry Christmas!
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Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
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Coral Reef Awareness Week
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Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal
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Zion National Park turns 103
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Into the woods
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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Working for that cliffside view
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Dog days of summer
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International Archaeology Day
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Atop the Needle of Chamonix
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International Zebra Day
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Earth at Perihelion
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Inhale and exhale, it’s Yoga Day
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An inland ocean
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St. Patricks Day
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Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona
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Mountain mists over Bavaria
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Celebrating whales—and a whale of a tale
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A species worth defending
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Happy Easter!
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Skyscraper Day
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Ancient art in the Amazon
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Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
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Whooper swans in Lake Kussharo, Japan
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A dramatic view of Sicily
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Hiking the High Trestle Trail