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Nevada { 26 images } Created 21 Feb 2015

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  • Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area golden hour as the setting winter sun makes the orange red cliff face glow. These majestic rock formations of Aztec sandstone formed as windswept sand dunes  became compacted and turned to stone as inland seas subsided during the Jurassic period  The park is in the Mojave desert close to Las Vegas, Nevada.
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  • Close up view of the top of a Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera), Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Mojave Desert, Nevada. This shrub is also known as the Spanish dagger.
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  • Mojave desert landscape. Rock formations in Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas, Nevada with Mojave yucca, Yucca schidigera, and desert scrub in the foreground.with a clear blue sky.
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  • Desert scrub brush in winter amid the red rocks of Petroglyph Canyon, Valley of Fire State Park in the Mojave Desert, Nevada The valley and park are named for he fiery glow when sunlight hits the red rocks. such as the top of the outcrop seen here.
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  • Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada. Located in the desert near Las Vegas, the beautiful red rock formations are made of Aztec sandstone from lithified sand dunes that formed in a vast southwestern desert during the Jurassic period. The tiny people in motion walking along the ground and climbing on the rocks give you a sense of the size of these majestic rock formations.
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  • Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, USA, February 2015
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  • Red rock formations near Mouse's Tank Trail, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada reflected in a puddle. Valley of Fire, the oldest and largest state park in Nevada, dedicated in 1935, is located in the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada.
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  • Colors of the desert during the blue hour as the sun sets in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. The sky turns pink and purple behind the red rock outcrops of Aztec sandstone, while the fading light lends a silver hue to the desert scrub brush of the Mojave Desert, here, mostly burro bush, aka white bursage, Ambrosia dumosa, in winter.
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  • Red rock sandstone formations, red sand and desert vegetation, Mouses Tank Canyon, Valley of Fire State Park, Mojave Desert, Nevada, USA. Late afternoon sunlight in the golden hour before sunset lends a golden fiery glow to the peaks of some of the boulders.
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  • Wide angle view of red rock sandstone formations, red sand and desert scrub brush vegetation in winter, Mouse's Tank TraIl in Petroglyph Canyon, Valley of Fire State Park, Mojave Desert, Nevada, USA. Late afternoon sunlight lends a fiery glow to the peaks of some of the amazing rock outcroppings.
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  • View of the Strip from above lit up at night,  Las Vegas Nevada USA, February 2015.
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  • Contemporary abstract southwestern photography of red rock formations, a majestic Aztec sandstone rock outcropping in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada.
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  • Beautiful landscape, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada. Located in the Mojave desert near Las Vegas. the red rock formations are primarily Aztec sandstone from sand dunes formed during the Jurassic period. The red and orange colors come from iron oxide, or hematite. The majestic cliff faces here, thousands of feet tall, blaze bright orange in the midday winter sun.
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  • Abstract patterns in the Aztec sandstone of a cliff fact at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada.
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  • Beautiful cliff face, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada. Located in the Mojave desert near Las Vegas. the red rock formations are primarily Aztec sandstone from sand dunes formed during the Jurassic period. The red and orange colors come from iron oxide, or hematite. The majestic cliff faces here, thousands of feet tall, shines orange in the midday winter sun. against a bright blue sky.
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  • Contemporary abstract southwestern photography of red rock formations, a majestic Aztec sandstone rock outcropping in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada.
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  • Valley of Fire State Park with dramatic rock outcrops aglow with fiery early evening sun, the phenomena that gives the valley and park its name. Desert scrub brush and wide angle view of Petroglyph Canyon, Valley of Fire State Park in the Mojave Desert, Nevada.
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  • Red rock formations near Mouse's Tank Trail, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada reflected in a puddle shortly before sunset. Light from the sun catches the red sandstone in its glow.  Valley of Fire State Park is located in the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada.
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  • Petroglyph Canyon, Valley of Fire state park, Nevada.<br />
These ancient petroglyphs carved through the desert varnish on the surface of the stones so the red rock of the Aztec sandstone below shines through have remained for thousands of years. It is believed the earliest were carved by the Basketmaker people over 2,500 years ago, followed by the Anasazi, the ancient Pueblo culture, and the Paiute, various ancient Native American cultures who passed through the valley over millennia.
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  • Close up view of petroglypsh in Petroglyph Canyon, Valley of Fire state park, Nevada. Potssibly he symbol for rain. <br />
The ancient prehistoric petroglyphs are still sharp since they were carved through the desert varnish on the surface of the stones so the red rock of the Aztec sandstone below shines through. It is believed the earliest were carved by the Basketmaker people over 2,500 years ago, followed by the Anasazi, the ancient Pueblo culture, and the Paiute, various Native American cultures who passed through the valley over millennia.
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  • Close up view of petroglyph in Petroglyph Canyon, Valley of Fire state park, Nevada. Potssibly he symbol for rain. <br />
The ancient prehistoric petroglyphs are still sharp since they were carved through the desert varnish on the surface of the stones so the red rock of the Aztec sandstone below shines through. It is believed the earliest were carved by the Basketmaker people over 2,500 years ago, followed by the Anasazi, the ancient Pueblo culture, and the Paiute, various Native American cultures who passed through the valley over millennia.
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