The otherworldly rock formations in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness inspired some creative names—such as the "Alien Egg Hatchery" seen in this photo. More than 70 million years ago, this desert was a tidal swamp along the shore of the long-evaporated Western Interior Seaway that once bisected North America. A diverse array of sediment and rock was deposited by the waters, and after the seaway retreated, the rocks remained.
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Native American Heritage Day
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Tibetan New Year
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International Sloth Day
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Three cheers for polar bears!
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Pollinator Week
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Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary
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Village of Zahara de la Sierra, Cadiz, Spain
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Golling Waterfall, Salzburg, Austria
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World Otter Day
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I am the walrus
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Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
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Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
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Reflecting on fall
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A river runs through it
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World Sea Turtle Day
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The Monastery of Roussanou, Greece
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Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California
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Eurasian scops owl
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The village of Castelluccio above the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy
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Lick Observatory
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Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
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World Architecture Day
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