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| Vermilion Cliffs Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness / Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. Arizona. March 25, 2016 http://www.aflitt.com/vermilioncliffsnm Copyright © 2016 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved |
Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: September 14, 2016
I stuck a number one on yesterday's post, but wrote too much and did not have time to post any additional photos. Today, I know I only have time for one.
This is shot from just off Highway 89A between Marble Canyon and township of Vermilion Cliffs, so it is not necessarily in the national monument itself, and may actually show only the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness that rings the monument, but does show the cliffs. From where this is shot, the cliffs rise some 3,000 feet to the Paria Plateau above.
Up there on the plateau, there are some spectacular sights, from what I understand. A few years back National Geographic published an article on this monument, and the photos were amazing. It is worth tracking down.
It's hard to get a sense of scale in these photos. This is one of the more dramatic steps of the Grand Staircase.
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| Vermilion Cliffs and U. S. 89A Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness / Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. Arizona. March 25, 2016 http://www.aflitt.com/vermilioncliffsnm Copyright © 2016 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved |
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| Interpretive Sign - Paria Station Paria Contact Station. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Utah. March 24, 2016. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE |
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| Paria Canyon Interpretive Sign Paria Contact Station. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Utah. March 24, 2016. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE |
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| Map at Paria Station Paria Contact Station. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Utah. March 24, 2016. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE |
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| http://www.nps.gov/brca/geology_grand.html CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE |
BLM: Vermilion Cliffs National Monument Map (as of June 2017) - PDF
https://sites.google.com/site/aaronflitt/documents/national-monuments-at-risk/BLM%20Arizona%20VermilionCliffsNationalMonument%20-%202017-06.pdf
Links
BLM:
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument Website
https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/az/st/en/prog/NLCS/VC_NM.html
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument Map
https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/style/medialib/blm/az/NLCS/VC_NM/maps.Par.88618.File.dat/AZ_VermilionCliffs_NM.pdf
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante.html
Wikipedia:
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermilion_Cliffs_National_Monument
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermilion_Cliffs_National_Monument
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
National Monuments in Danger:
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