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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Ice and Snow Sailing World Championships
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Feeling lazy? Today s your day.
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World Migratory Bird Day
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International Womens Day
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Village of Oia in Santorini, Greece
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Oud-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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A tribute to the ancestors
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St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
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Pride Month
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A whale of a hug
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Rolling hills of the Palouse, Washington
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Badlands National Parks 45th anniversary
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Fallen but not forgotten
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Castle on a hill
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Through an artist s eyes
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The persistence of Perito Moreno
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World Hello Day
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A species no longer at risk
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J.R.R. Tolkien Day
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Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
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Helloooooo, Innsbruck
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Floating market, Kaptai Lake, Bangladesh
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Flocking together in the Antarctic
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Cranborne Chase, England
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A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
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Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
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Cherry blossoms spring to life
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Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
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Behold the blood moon
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