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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World Rivers Day
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Pride Month
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An ancient sailing tradition takes to the water
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Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany
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Presidents hear the echo of history
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From Sputnik to extraterrestrial storms
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1934 Labor Day parade, Gastonia, North Carolina
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Get the bear facts
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Memorial Day
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New Year’s Day in the land of the rising sun
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Spring awakens
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A city, a cliff, a canyon…and cheese
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Presidents Day
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Halo around the sun
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Surströmming Day
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World Turtle Day
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Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia
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On this shore, history was made
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