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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Chapel on the rock
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Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
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Maritime forest in Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
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National Trails Day
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Ludwig’s palace
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An opulent backdrop for a historic event
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Green is the new black
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World Water Day
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Computer Science Education Week
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The eloquence of elephants
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World Turtle Day
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Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
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Celebrating 30 years of eye-opening images
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World Children s Day
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Shhh, the movie is about to start
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Nakupenda Beach Nature Reserve, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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First Cliff Walk
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Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
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Bobbing for crab apples
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Nothing plain about it
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Tower Bridge, London, England
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2022 Winter Paralympics
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It s Bermuda s big day
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In honor of those we ve lost
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Victory Day in Valletta
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Celebrating whales—and a whale of a tale
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Eben Ice Caves, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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Sunrise at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
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