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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 | 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 | Northern cardinal, male. Image ID: 22891 Species: Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis Location: Amado, 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 |
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| Pyrrhuloxia, male. Image ID: 22894 Species: Pyrrhuloxia, Cardinalis sinuatus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | 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 |
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| Greater roadrunner. Image ID: 22902 Species: Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | 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 |
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| Black-headed grosbeak, male. Image ID: 22911 Species: Black-headed grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona, USA | 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 |
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| Wild turkey. Image ID: 22935 Species: Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona, USA | 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 |
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| Hooded oriole, female. Image ID: 22944 Species: Hooded oriole, Icterus cucullatus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | 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 |
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| Cactus wren. Image ID: 23003 Species: Cactus wren, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus Location: Amado, 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: 18009 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, 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: 20609 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA |
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| Panorama of the Wave. The Wave is a sweeping, dramatic display of eroded sandstone, forged by eons of water and wind erosion, laying bare striations formed from compacted sand dunes over millenia. This panoramic picture is formed from thirteen individual photographs. Image ID: 20700 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA Pano dimensions: 4661 x 25458 | ||
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| Upper Antelope Canyon slot canyon. Image ID: 26611 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | Horseshoe Bend. The Colorado River makes a 180-degree turn at Horseshoe Bend. Here the river has eroded the Navajo sandstone for eons, digging a canyon 1100-feet deep. Image ID: 26602 Location: Horseshoe Bend, Page, Arizona, USA | Light beam in Upper Antelope Canyon slot canyon. Image ID: 26668 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| House finch, female. Image ID: 22899 Species: House finch, Carpodacus mexicanus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Northern cardinal, male. Image ID: 22923 Species: Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | |
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