Bryce Viewpoint

You can barely see several visitors at the top of the viewpoint (on the right) as they check out the sunset. From the viewpoints to the bottom of Bryce Canyon is about 1,000 feet (300 meters).

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Last Light on Devils Postpile

This 60-foot (18-meter) cliff face is made up of columnar basalt. Erupting from volcanic vents, basalt lava flows out and sometimes during cooling it shrinks, forming cracks. If the lava is homogeneous and cools at a steady rate, angular columns with 3 to 7 sides form. Devils Postpile is one of the best examples of columnar basalt in the world.

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Big Sur Sunset

Looking northwest from a few miles south of the town of Lucia. This image captures the rugged coast and its descending benches below the higher peaks of the Santa Lucia Range

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Saguaro Sunset

The last light of day falls on Tanque Verde Ridge in the eastern portion of Saguaro National Park.

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Sunset in Sedona #1

The famous red rock sandstone cliffs glow in the last light of a monsoon season day.

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Manly Beacon, Golden Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California

This view is across the badlands of Golden Canyon to Manly Beacon, one of the most photographed and recognized natural points in the southwest United States. Golden Canyon lives up to its name just before sunset as the eroded mudstones of the Furnace Creek Formation glow in the last sunlight.

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