Continuing our tour of the incredible Colorado Plateau (which encompasses nine National Parks and 18 National Monuments), we visited iconic Monument Valley and the magnificently desolate Death Valley. Monument Valley is known for enormous buttes that tower over the landscape.
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| West Mitten Butte, Monument Valley |
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| Butte, Monument Valley |
According to the Park Service Death Valley is the hottest, driest, and lowest of the national parks. Located in the Mojave Desert, it also contains extraordinarily complex geology and land forms. We didn't know what to expect, but we were amazed and thrilled by all we saw.
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| Badlands from Zabriskie Point, Death Valley |
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| Mosaic Canyon, Death Valley |
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| Badlands and Red Cathedral Rocks, Death Valley |
