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Views along the Navajo Loop Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Bryce Canyon is a unique sandstone formation in southern Utah. It is home to a large number of hoodoos, which are oddly shaped pillars of rock that formed due to different erosion rates for the dolomite that caps them and the sandstone that forms their base.
Views along the Navajo Loop Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Bryce Canyon is a unique sandstone formation in southern Utah. It is home to a large number of hoodoos, which are oddly shaped pillars of rock that formed due to different erosion rates for the dolomite that caps them and the sandstone that forms their base.
Views along the Queen's Garden Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Bryce Canyon is a unique sandstone formation in southern Utah. It is home to a large number of hoodoos, which are oddly shaped pillars of rock that formed due to different erosion rates for the dolomite that caps them and the sandstone that forms their base.
Views along the Queen's Garden Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Bryce Canyon is a unique sandstone formation in southern Utah. It is home to a large number of hoodoos, which are oddly shaped pillars of rock that formed due to different erosion rates for the dolomite that caps them and the sandstone that forms their base.
Views along the Navajo Loop Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Bryce Canyon is a unique sandstone formation in southern Utah. It is home to a large number of hoodoos, which are oddly shaped pillars of rock that formed due to different erosion rates for the dolomite that caps them and the sandstone that forms their base.
Views along the Navajo Loop Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Bryce Canyon is a unique sandstone formation in southern Utah. It is home to a large number of hoodoos, which are oddly shaped pillars of rock that formed due to different erosion rates for the dolomite that caps them and the sandstone that forms their base.
Views along the Queen's Garden Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Bryce Canyon is a unique sandstone formation in southern Utah. It is home to a large number of hoodoos, which are oddly shaped pillars of rock that formed due to different erosion rates for the dolomite that caps them and the sandstone that forms their base.
Views along the Queen's Garden Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Bryce Canyon is a unique sandstone formation in southern Utah. It is home to a large number of hoodoos, which are oddly shaped pillars of rock that formed due to different erosion rates for the dolomite that caps them and the sandstone that forms their base.
Exterior of the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building. Constructed of marble, the building took 11 years to complete.
Exterior of the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building. Constructed of marble, the building took 11 years to complete.
Exterior of the Library of Congress' James Madison Memorial Building. Constructed of marble, the building took 5 years to complete.
Exterior of the Library of Congress' James Madison Memorial Building. Constructed of marble, the building took 5 years to complete.
Exterior of the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building. Constructed of marble, the building took 11 years to complete.
Exterior of the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building. Constructed of marble, the building took 11 years to complete.
Exterior of the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building. Constructed of marble, the building took 11 years to complete.
Exterior of the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building. Constructed of marble, the building took 11 years to complete.
The exterior of the Supreme Court Building. It is constructed of Vermont and Georgia marble and took 3 years to complete.
The exterior of the Supreme Court Building. It is constructed of Vermont and Georgia marble and took 3 years to complete.
The exterior of the Supreme Court Building. It is constructed of Vermont and Georgia marble and took 3 years to complete.
The exterior of the Supreme Court Building. It is constructed of Vermont and Georgia marble and took 3 years to complete.
A view of Carlsbad Caverns
A panorama of the Chihuahuan Desert at the surface of Carlsbad Caverns
A panorama of the Chihuahuan Desert at the surface of Carlsbad Caverns
A field of prickly pear cacti at Carlsbad Caverns.
A field of prickly pear cacti at Carlsbad Caverns.
A panorama image of the natural entrance to Carlsbad Caverns.
A panorama image of the natural entrance to Carlsbad Caverns.
An amphitheater at the natural entrance of Carlsbad Caverns.
An amphitheater at the natural entrance of Carlsbad Caverns.
A view of the Carlsbad Caverns natural entrance from inside the cave. Humidity from the cave condenses in the cooler surface air, producing a faint fog.
A view of the Carlsbad Caverns natural entrance from inside the cave. Humidity from the cave condenses in the cooler surface air, producing a faint fog.
The natural entrance of Carlsbad Caverns.
The natural entrance of Carlsbad Caverns.
Carlsbad Caverns has numerous speleothems, or cave formations. This formation is known as a column, and it occurs when a stalactite and a stalagmite grow into each other.
Carlsbad Caverns has numerous speleothems, or cave formations. This formation is known as a column, and it occurs when a stalactite and a stalagmite grow into each other.
A view of Carlsbad Caverns.
Carlsbad Caverns has numerous speleothems, or cave formations. One of them is known as "cave bacon," due to the vertical formations' resemblance to bacon.
Carlsbad Caverns has numerous speleothems, or cave formations. One of them is known as "cave bacon," due to the vertical formations' resemblance to bacon.
A view of Carlsbad Caverns.