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Barrel cactus, brittlebush and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months.
Image ID: 10962
Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Encelia farinosa
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Barrel cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months.
Image ID: 10963
Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Barrel cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months.
Image ID: 10964
Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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Small waterfall amidst a grotto of ferns, moss and algae. This small oasis exists year round as a result of water seeping from the red sandstone walls of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12480
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | Small waterfall amidst a grotto of ferns, moss and algae. This small oasis exists year round as a result of water seeping from the red sandstone walls of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12481
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | Natural arch formed in red Navaho sandstone cliffs, Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12496
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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Natural arch formed in red Navaho sandstone cliffs, Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12497
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | Cottonwoods with their deep green spring foliage contrast with the rich red Navaho sandstone cliffs of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12499
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | Cottonwoods with their deep green spring foliage contrast with the rich red Navaho sandstone cliffs of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12500
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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Cottonwoods with their deep green spring foliage contrast with the rich red Navaho sandstone cliffs of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12502
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | Cottonwoods with their deep green spring foliage contrast with the rich red Navaho sandstone cliffs of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12503
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | Cottonwoods with their deep green spring foliage contrast with the rich red Navaho sandstone cliffs of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12504
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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Cottonwoods with their deep green spring foliage contrast with the rich red Navaho sandstone cliffs of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12505
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | Cottonwoods with their deep green spring foliage contrast with the rich red Navaho sandstone cliffs of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12506
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | Cottonwoods with their deep green spring foliage contrast with the rich red Navaho sandstone cliffs of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12507
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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Cottonwoods with their deep green spring foliage contrast with the rich red Navaho sandstone cliffs of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12508
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | The Virgin River runs swift and deep following spring thunderstorms. The river is colored reddish-brown from the tons of red sandstone silt that it carries out of Zion Canyon as it slowly carves the canyon.
Image ID: 12510
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | The Virgin River runs swift and deep following spring thunderstorms. The river is colored reddish-brown from the tons of red sandstone silt that it carries out of Zion Canyon as it slowly carves the canyon.
Image ID: 12511
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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The Virgin River runs swift and deep following spring thunderstorms. The river is colored reddish-brown from the tons of red sandstone silt that it carries out of Zion Canyon as it slowly carves the canyon.
Image ID: 12512
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | The Virgin River runs swift and deep following spring thunderstorms. The river is colored reddish-brown from the tons of red sandstone silt that it carries out of Zion Canyon as it slowly carves the canyon.
Image ID: 12513
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | The Virgin River and cottonwood trees lie below the enormous red sandstone cliffs of Zion Canyon.
Image ID: 12808
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. At 308 feet, the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River is the tallest fall in the park. This view is from Lookout Point on the North side of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The canyon is approximately 10,000 years old, 20 miles long, 1000 ft deep, and 2500 ft wide. Its yellow, orange and red-colored walls are due to oxidation of the various iron compounds in the soil, and to a lesser degree, sulfur content.
Image ID: 13321
Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. At 308 feet, the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River is the tallest fall in the park. This view is from Lookout Point on the North side of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The canyon is approximately 10,000 years old, 20 miles long, 1000 ft deep, and 2500 ft wide. Its yellow, orange and red-colored walls are due to oxidation of the various iron compounds in the soil, and to a lesser degree, sulfur content.
Image ID: 13322
Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River drops 308 feet at the head of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The canyon is approximately 10,000 years old, 20 miles long, 1000 ft deep, and 2500 ft wide. Its yellow, orange and red-colored walls are due to oxidation of the various iron compounds in the soil, and to a lesser degree, sulfur content.
Image ID: 13342
Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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The sheer walls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone take on a variety of yellow, red and orange hues due to iron oxidation in the soil and, to a lesser degree, sulfur content.
Image ID: 13344
Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | The sheer walls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone take on a variety of yellow, red and orange hues due to iron oxidation in the soil and, to a lesser degree, sulfur content.
Image ID: 13345
Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | The sheer walls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone take on a variety of yellow, red and orange hues due to iron oxidation in the soil and, to a lesser degree, sulfur content.
Image ID: 13346
Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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Sol Duc Falls. Sol Duc Falls is one of the largest and most beautiful waterfalls in Olympic National Park, seen here from a bridge that crosses the canyon just below the falls. Surrounding the falls is an old-growth forest of hemlocks and douglas firs, some of which are three hundred years in age.
Image ID: 13751
Location: Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA | Mesa Arch spans 90 feet and stands at the edge of a mesa precipice thousands of feet above the Colorado River gorge. For a few moments at sunrise the underside of the arch glows dramatically red and orange.
Image ID: 18037
Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA | Mesa Arch spans 90 feet and stands at the edge of a mesa precipice thousands of feet above the Colorado River gorge. For a few moments at sunrise the underside of the arch glows dramatically red and orange.
Image ID: 18080
Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA |
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