Hiker, Bryce Canyon from Fairyland Point, Bryce, Utah

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Sixty years ago movement in the earths crust caused the plateau to rise to 9,000 feet. Sixteen million years ago, a fresh water lake began in a natural basin. feeding rivers and streams, A mass of red, yellow and orange carved pinnacles of stone can be seen from the safety of the park's rim road. The Paiute Indians named it the "Unkatimpe-wa-Wince-Pockich", meaning "red rocks standing like men in a bowl-shaped recess"

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Size: 5330px × 3540px
Location: Bryce Canyon, Utah, North America, USA
Photo credit: © DavidDent / Alamy / Afripics
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