colorado plateau

colorado plateau

With the largest concentration of National Park units outside of metropolitan Washington, D.C., the Colorado Plateau features spectacular red rock landscapes scattered across an extensive expanse of the four corners.

Colorado Plateau

by Rebecca Metschke Photography

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Bands of heavy rain passing behind Balanced Rock in Arches National Park create expressive skies
‎DOWNPOUR
Snow clings to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in early spring
‎HINT OF SPRING
Fog hangs in the canyon after a snowstorm has passed through Canyonlands National Park in Utah
‎AFTERMATH
A hoodoo in Bryce Canyon National Park frames a single evergreen tree standing in the snow
‎FRAMED
Standing high above the Colorado River, vegetation clings to the edge of the canyon wall in Utah's D
‎THE BIG BEND
The massive scale of Turret Arch's opening is apparent with the tiny figure of a woman standing at i
‎BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE
The graceful lines of a Freemont Cottonwood tree near Moab, Utah are enhanced by backlighting from t
‎GRACEFUL
The red rocks of Lower Antelope Slot Canyon, carved into spectacular shapes by time and the elements
‎BALANCING ACT
Abstract close-up of the water-worn rock in Arizona's Lower Antelope Slot Canyon
‎ENIGMA
Panorama of the Windows formations at Arches National Park, framed by a departing storm overhead
‎SHAPED BY TIME
Incoming North Rim Monsoon Grand Canyon
‎INCOMING
Both vegetation and the red rocks at Arches National Park are decorated in white from snow and frost
‎WINTER WHITE
Evidence of erosion as the Green River cuts a deep path through Canyonlands National Park in Utah
‎WANDERER
The rock formation known as The Three Gossips stand beneath a sky painted in colors of red, purple a
‎SECRETS
One of the towering monoliths in the Park Avenue section of Arches National Park lit with the warm l
‎TOWERING SANDSTONE
A panorama of Balanced Rock in Arches National Park featuring bands of fog rolling through the scene
‎NOW YOU SEE IT...
Clouds overhead create an arc in one direction while the shapes of the rocks beneath at Grand Canyon
‎SWEEPING ARCS
Detail of the lines and shapes formed by erosion in the slot canyons of Arizona
‎U-TURN
Warm, late afternoon sunlight enhances the color in the red rocks of Arches National Park
‎BASKING IN THE GLOW
Reflections of a solitary tree and the canyon walls in Utah's Kane Creek backcountry
‎THE QUIET CANYON
Carved rock formations in silhouette near Moab, Utah
‎SKYLINE
Detail of the colors in some of the petrified trees at the Crystal Forest section of Petrified Fores
‎ANCIENT TREASURE
Keyhole shape formed by erosion in slot canyon rocks
‎KEYHOLE
Panorama of the giant red rocks standing in the Courthouse Towers area of Arches National Park
‎INSPIRATION IN RED
Detail of petroglyphs in Kane Creek Canyon near Moab, Utah
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