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| The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only. Image ID: 20605 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | The Second Wave at sunset. The Second Wave, a curiously-shaped sandstone swirl, takes on rich warm tones and dramatic shadowed textures at sunset. Set in the North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah, the Second Wave is characterized by striations revealing layers of sedimentary deposits, a visible historical record depicting eons of submarine geology. Image ID: 20606 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | Light Beam in Upper Antelope Slot Canyon. Thin shafts of light briefly penetrate the convoluted narrows of Upper Antelope Slot Canyon, sending piercing beams through the sandstone maze to the sand floor below. Image ID: 28570 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| The Wave at Night, under a clear night sky full of stars. Photographer is illuminating the striated rocks with a small handheld light. The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only. Image ID: 28620 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | The Second Wave at Night. The Second Wave, a spectacular sandstone formation in the North Coyote Buttes, lies under a sky full of stars. Image ID: 28627 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | A hiker admiring the striated walls and dramatic light within Antelope Canyon, a deep narrow slot canyon formed by water and wind erosion. Image ID: 17993 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only. Image ID: 20607 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | The Second Wave at sunset. The Second Wave, a curiously-shaped sandstone swirl, takes on rich warm tones and dramatic shadowed textures at sunset. Set in the North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah, the Second Wave is characterized by striations revealing layers of sedimentary deposits, a visible historical record depicting eons of submarine geology. Image ID: 28613 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | The Second Wave at sunset. The Second Wave, a curiously-shaped sandstone swirl, takes on rich warm tones and dramatic shadowed textures at sunset. Set in the North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah, the Second Wave is characterized by striations revealing layers of sedimentary deposits, a visible historical record depicting eons of submarine geology. Image ID: 28614 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA |
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| Northern cardinal, male. Image ID: 22891 Species: Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | The Second Wave at sunset. The Second Wave, a curiously-shaped sandstone swirl, takes on rich warm tones and dramatic shadowed textures at sunset. Set in the North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah, the Second Wave is characterized by striations revealing layers of sedimentary deposits, a visible historical record depicting eons of submarine geology. Image ID: 28619 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | Lower Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona. Image ID: 28559 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| The Wave in the North Coyote Buttes, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only. Image ID: 28601 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only. Image ID: 20608 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | Pyrrhuloxia, male. Image ID: 22894 Species: Pyrrhuloxia, Cardinalis sinuatus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA |
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| Bullock's oriole, first year male. Image ID: 22895 Species: Bullock's oriole, Icterus bullockii Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Northern cardinal, female. Image ID: 22897 Species: Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Greater roadrunner. Image ID: 22902 Species: Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA |
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| Curve-billed thrasher. Image ID: 22904 Species: Curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Acorn woodpecker, female. Image ID: 22906 Species: Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona, USA | Black-headed grosbeak, male. Image ID: 22911 Species: Black-headed grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona, USA |
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| Brown-headed cowbird, male. Image ID: 22916 Species: Brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | House finch, male. Image ID: 22927 Species: House finch, Carpodacus mexicanus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Wild turkey. Image ID: 22935 Species: Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona, USA |
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| Bridled titmouse. Image ID: 22941 Species: Bridled titmouse, Baeolophus wollweberi Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona, USA | Canyon towhee. Image ID: 22943 Species: Canyon towhee, Pipilo fuscus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Hooded oriole, female. Image ID: 22944 Species: Hooded oriole, Icterus cucullatus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA |
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| House sparrow, breeding male. Image ID: 22945 Species: House sparrow, Passer domesticus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Mexican jay. Image ID: 22959 Species: Mexican Jay, Aphelocoma ultramarina Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona, USA | Cactus wren. Image ID: 23003 Species: Cactus wren, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA |
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