• A pinyon pine tree leans towards the south, shaped by the harsh north winds in this arid climate of the American Southwest desert mountains and framed by rugged sandstone ridges. - 793306056
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  • A brilliant coppery iridescent Rufous Hummingbird perches on the branch of a tree with other out of focus branches framing him against a green background at the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum.  - 790197113
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  • A roadrunner walks through a muddy pool as it dries up in the summer heat. The mud on the edges of the pool cracks and thin sheet of it curl up under the noonday desert sun. - 787558613
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  • A apple blossom with shades of delicate pink just touching the white petals and fresh green leaves growing along the stem stands out against a background of warm gold color on a sunny spring day. - 787558534
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  • A bumblebee hovers in front of a cluster of white and pink apple blossoms as the morning sun shines through the new green leaves. - 787558455
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  • A juvenile White Crowned Sparrow perches in the sagebrush in early morning sunlight, soaking up the warmth before returning to foraging for food. - 787558428
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  • Manzanita flowers blooming in late March in Zion National Park Utah.  Gnarled branches show the smooth red bark characteristic of these bushes.  - 764232626
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  • A mule deer doe and her yearling fawn get a drink at an ephemeral pool on a sandstone ridge, while the sky behind them is just beginning to show the predawn light. - 790196920
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  • On a cloudy day after spring rains have soaked Zion Nat. Park in Southern Utah, water collects in ephemeral pools and seeps from layers of the pale red stone forming the canyon on the Many Pools hike. - 768199426
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  • Delicate pink and white apple blossoms open among pale green new leaves on a spring day with a soft out of focus background. - 762987036
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  • Delicate pink and white apple blossoms among new green leaves open on a branch going across the frame on a spring day with soft light and an out of focus background. - 762901022
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  • A Harris Hawk launches from it's perch high on top of a saguaro cactus with wings spread wide, it's long legs with sharp taloned feet behind it and a clear blue sky above it. - 749648609
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  • A Harris Hawk soars on the wind above the camera in a clear blue sky. It's wings are on a down beat and it's long legs with sharp talons are stretched out behind it. - 749648542
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  • A pool of water rests in a slot in the weathered sandstone in one of the multitude of canyons called Many Pools on the east side of Zion Nat. Park in Southern Utah, USA. - 768199349
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  • A Crested Caracara perches on some sawed off dead branches under the Arizona desert sun looking down while clouds float in the blue sky behind it. - 768199233
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  • A Crested Caracara perches on some sawed off branches under the Arizona desert sun watching something to the left with a background of blue and white sky. - 768199181
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  • Shallow hollows in the red sandstone of Zion Nat. Park in Southern Utah, USA collect rain after a storm. Clouds drift across the sky casting shadows on the mountains and a breeze ruffles the water. - 768199508
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  • High desert bushes grow from cracks in the layers of red sandstone that make up the mountains of Zion Nat. Park in Utah, USA while rainwater collects in ephemeral pools that have formed in the stone. - 768199423
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  • A Queen butterfly feeds briefly on some Gregg's Mistflowers on a cloudy winter day in a butterfly garden in the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. - 768199165
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  • A Queen butterfly gathers nectar and pollen from the purple Gregg's mistflowers on an overcast day in Southern Arizona. Soft out of focus greens compliment the purple flowers and orange butterfly. - 768199048
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  • A Broad Billed Hummingbird lifts it's wings as it attempts to intimidate an intruder in it's territory while it perches on a branch above the camera with a background of out of focus fall leaves. - 768198983
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  • A Broad Billed Hummingbird perches on a high branch with out of focus autumn foliage in the background. - 768198957
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  • Manzanita flowers blooming in late March in Zion National Park Utah.  Horizontal image showing the pink flowers and bright green leaves with a background color provided by Southern Utah red sandstone. - 764232637
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  • A male Phainopepla spreads his wings showing the white wing bars as he lifts of from his perch on the thorny branch of an ocotillo stem.  - 744760251
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  • A honeybee gathers nectar and pollen from the flowers of a honey mesquite tree on a sunny summer day in the American southwest. - 553299656
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  • A happy Vizsla dog runs full speed down the Jem mountain bike trail with ears flopping in the desert of Southern Utah with Gooseberry mesa and a clear blue sky in the background.  - 725804613
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  • Flashes of lightning fill the stormy sky above Hurricane Utah while city lights glow in the streets below during an intense summer thunderstorm. - 644692600
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  • A common sunflower seen from the back with it's brilliant yellow petals radiating from the center and backlit by the low angle sunlight on a summer evening with a dark shadowed background - 718756095
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  • A red sandstone cliff in Zion Nat. Park, Utah, USA shows horizontal and diagonal striation layers and vertical streaks from water dripping down the cliff causing oxidization to color the stone face. - 578492881
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  • A group of mule deer does looks towards the camera at sunset as they stand on a high snowy ridge, with the mountains of Southern Utah, USA in the background and sagebrush in the foreground. - 574518362
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  • The face of a red sandstone cliff in Peekaboo Canyon, Utah is streaked with horizontal sedimentary lines and vertical oxidized lines where water has run down the cliff during rain storms. - 613297966
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  • A thin trickle of water flows over the red slickrock of Cockeye falls in Zion Nat. Park, Utah, USA on a cloudy spring day. The water stains the rock a darker red than the pale orange stone around it.  - 768199262
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  • An American Robin in perched on an aspen branch in the forest near Kolob reservoir Utah, USA, holding several bugs in it's beak on a warm summer day. - 570759300
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  • A small bee gathers nectar and pollen from a bright yellow desert marigold flower with other flowers out of focus in the foreground and background. - 713807546
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  • The shallow water of LaVerkin creek slips over a rocky stream bed between banks lined with cattails, willow and cottonwood trees in rich gold autumn color on a sunny fall day in Southern Utah.  - 589952345
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  • A desert bighorn sheep ewe wearing a radio collar stands on a high rocky point looking out over Zion National park, Utah with a snowy slickrock landscape in the background. - 560911983
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  • High winds lift snow into the air from off the peak of South Guardian Angle in Zion Nat. Park, Utah, USA on a cold February day in 2024. - 736574145
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  • Close up portrait of a great horned owl as it opens it's beak to call out in soft overcast light conditions.  - 728874866
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  • A summer monsoon storm delivers one of it's last lightning bolts as it passes into the distance beyond Gooseberry Mesa in Southern Utah, USA, leaving a starry night sky washed clean of dust. - 708322587
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  • A cottontail rabbit hops from left to right away from the camera towards a large sandstone boulder in the arid desert of the American southwest. - 519673160
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  • A young man rides a mountain bike over a sandstone ledge on the Jem trail in the desert of Southern Utah. - 241078455
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  • A bay horse gallops in an open desert field in Southern Utah with red sandstone mountains and blue sky in the background. - 540821451
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  • A male Anna's hummingbird in mid flight on a white background - 369344941
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  • Vertical portrait of a raven in the soft light of a cloudy day with the muted colors of Bryce Canyon's red rock cliffs in the background. - 684029904
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  • A White Breasted Nuthatch perches on a small branch looking around with inquisitive alert eyes. Soft green and amber colors make up the background. - 684028014
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  • A Fiery Skipper Butterfly gathers nectar from a Marigold flower on a sunny autumn day in Southern Utah. - 671673743
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  • A vertical photo of a Greater Roadrunner standing behind a cluster of snakeweed flowers as it stalks through the desert landscape and waits for some unwary animal to break cover. - 658675106
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  • A spider web covered with morning dew drops hangs from a couple blades of grass stalks with the seeds curled in towards the web. A muted blue green color forms a soft out of focus background. - 650117165
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  • A Western Screech Owl perched at the mossy edge of the water looks back over it's shoulder towards the camera. Part of the owl is reflected in the rippled water below. - 649856244
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  • Fallen autumn leaves swirl in a gently flowing section of Roaring Brook in Nay Aug Park Scranton PA. USA. The gold and green trees are reflected in the still water with weathered stone on either side. - 649412606
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  • Roaring Brook in Nay Aug park Scranton Pa USA flows away from the viewer high above as it rushes over rocks then slows to fill a pool that becomes still and reflects the autumn foliage surrounding it. - 649412558
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  • A Greater Roadrunner stands on top of a sandstone rock with snakeweed behind it while it looks for lizards or other prey to catch. - 639410704
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  • Moonlit American Southwest desert landscape with Gooseberry Mesa, Utah, under a night sky with wispy clouds, and a lone tumbleweed in the foreground. A slight fog gives the scene a mysterious vibe.  - 631675069
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  • A bolt of lightning splits into several branches as it flashes in the stormy night sky above Gooseberry Mesa in Southern Utah during a summer Monsoon storm. - 624941301
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  • Panoramic view of West Temple mountain in Zion National park Utah with early morning light on it.  Fresh snow covers the red rock and the lone juniper tree on a cliff top in the foreground.  - 497080361
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  • A sand scorpion glowing under an ultraviolet light faces to the right with pincers open waiting to catch it's prey. - 516419979
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  • A panoramic image of a ranch corral silhouetted at dusk with some orange light lingering in the sky painting the clouds while the crescent moon hangs above the horizon to the right. - 482760149
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  • A Great Horned Owl perched on the weathered branch of a dead tree turns it's head 180 degrees around to look behind itself on a sunny day in the desert of Arizona, USA. - 748494892
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  • A Great Horned Owl sits on the weathered branch of a dead tree trunk facing left but turning it's head to look off towards the right on a sunny day in the desert of Arizona, USA. - 748494685
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  • A Harris Hawk perches on the branch of a cholla cactus skeleton with an alert pose and an intent stare in the desert of Southern Arizona, USA on a sunny day at the Arizona Desert Sonoran Museum. - 749648990
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  • A Harris Hawk with wings spread wide grabs a dry bare branch with it's long legs as it lands to perch on a dead tree under the morning sun at the Arizona Desert Sonoran Museum.  - 749648939
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  • A Great Horned Owl is perched on a dead branch and backlit by the morning sun as it begins to spread it's wings in the Arizona desert at the Arizona Desert Sonoran Museum. - 748495554
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  • A Great Horned Owl sits on the end of a dead branch, backlit by morning sunlight with the landscape of the Arizona, USA desert in the background at the Arizona Desert Sonoran Museum. - 748495372
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  • A Great Horned Owl takes flight from a perch on a dead tree branch in the desert of Southern Arizona at the Sonoran Desert Museum.  - 748495157
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  • Portrait of a Harris Hawk soaring on the wind with wings spread wide and and intent gaze focused ahead on a sunny morning in Arizona USA. A blue sky and puffy white clouds make up the background. - 749648859
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  • Three Harris Hawks gather on the branches of a dead tree with the top of a saguaro cactus and clouds in the background. The hawk in the center has his beak open in an objection towards the others. - 749648720
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  • Close up portrait of a Harris Hawk with wings spreading as it begins to launch itself into the air on a sunny morning at the Arizona Desert Sonoran Museum in Southern Arizona, USA. - 749648658
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  • Close up portrait of a Harris Hawk looking down and to the left on a sunny morning with clouds and blue sky in the background. Little bits of meat are stuck to it's beak since it's been eating.  - 749648905
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  • Portrait of a Harris Hawk as it takes off from it's perch with wings on a downbeat, long legs extended, and focused gaze on the ground below it. A blue sky with a few clouds are in the background. - 749648718
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  • Portrait of a Great Horned Owl staring intently at an angle to the right of the camera with a soft out of focus background - 728874791
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  • Low clouds partially hide the far cliff face while the nearer red and black sandstone cliffs are wet with rain covered with patches of green moss and topped with rugged pine trees. - 728874720
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  • An ephemeral waterfall pours down the face of a rugged red and black sandstone cliff from a top that's hidden by low lying clouds on a wet winter day in Zion Nat. Park, Utah, USA. - 728873529
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  • A coyote trots through a field of dry grass with cholla cactus in the background. Early morning sunlight back lights the coyotes body as it looks to the right. - 728873185
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  • A coyote stands in a field of dry grass in the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, with the morning sun shining over it's shoulder as it looks off towards the right. - 728873074
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  • Vertical portrait of a burrowing owl staring at the camera in soft light with a pastel green background.  - 728874982
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  • The ephemeral waterfall of Birch Creek pours over the red and black, rain wet sandstone cliff in the Court of the Patriarchs in Zion Nat. Park, Utah, USA while low clouds roll over the mountains.  - 728874450
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  • The Court of the Patriarchs in Zion Nat. Park, Utah, USA is shrouded with low hanging clouds on a chilly wet winter day. - 728873873
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  • A coyote walks towards the camera through the dry desert grass with cholla cactus in the background. It's head is down and the morning sun shines from behind it. - 728873546
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  • Fog drifts through the pine trees growing on top of an eroding sandstone cliff in Cedar Breaks, Utah, USA on a chilly winter day.  - 725804598
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  • The rugged sides of Burnt Mountain in Southern Utah, USA rise up from a snow covered valley to a flat top with low clouds hanging over the scene.  - 736573965
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  • Wind whips around the red sandstone of a rocky ridge where trees grow between the cracks in the rock and snow from a recent storm is carried into the air once more. - 736573946
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  • Close up portrait of a burrowing owl looking to the right in soft light with a pastel green out of focus background. - 728874967
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  • Close up portrait of a burrowing owl looking off to the side of the camera in soft light with an out of focus pastel green background. - 728874925
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  • A distant bolt of lightning touches the far mountains behind a curtain of rain and the rugged red orange cliffs of Bryce Canyon in Southern Utah, USA, on a stormy summer day.  - 742268170
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  • As a winter storm clears in Zion National Park, Utah, USA, low clouds that had covered the mountain begin to break up, leaving bits of red cliff laced with white snow showing above the trees. - 742267960
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  • An ephemeral waterfall slides over the richly colored orange sandstone cliffs and past some small clusters of autumn foliage at Cockeye falls in Zion Nat. Park in Southern Utah, USA. - 738354699
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  • Wintertime view of West Temple Mt. in Zion Nat. Park, Utah, USA as seen from a pullout on the switchbacks going up towards the tunnel with a light dusting of snow and puffy clouds. - 738354676
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  • A Red Spotted Toad sits on the moss at the edge of the water at a natural spring in the desert of Southern Utah, USA with the red color of the native sandstone in the background. - 743046472
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  • A desert bighorn ram contemplates his next move as he looks at the downhill slope ahead of him in the red sandstone environment of Zion National Park, Utah, USA. - 743043174
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  • A male Phainopepla perches high up on a thorny branch watching his territory on a sunny day with blue sky and thin white clouds in the background. - 744760268
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  • A male Phainopepla perched on the tip of a thorny branch with a blue sky in the background, looks at a large wasp flying in from the right. - 744760224
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  • Panoramic landscape looking over the fields of Smith Mesa towards the mountains of Zion National Park in Utah, USA at sunset on a summer evening. - 744180173
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  • A rugged mountain landscape in winter from Zion Nat. park in Southern Utah, USA, with snow covered red sandstone, low hanging clouds and a gnarled juniper tree growing on the edge of a rocky outcrop.  - 589953270
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  • A mule deer buck walks through dry winter grass past the low growing scrub oak trees in the background on Kolob Mountain in Southern Utah on a chilly winter morning. - 746054967
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  • A trio of Coues Whitetail does graze peacefully in the long brown winter grass in Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA. One doe looks back over her shoulder towards the camera while the others eat. - 746054960
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  • A female wild turkey walks through a grassy field up a gravel slope while looking for food early in the morning on a calm summer day in the mountains of Southern Utah. - 606945957
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  • Low winter storm clouds cover the tops of the Red Mountains north of Ivins Utah, USA causing shadows and light to play across the surface of the deep red sandstone cliffs on a chilly stormy winter day - 578493739
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  • A narrow band of sunlight breaks through low winter storm clouds and lights part of a red sandstone cliff dusted with snow on a mountain in Zion National park, Utah, USA. - 563377847
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  • Lightning strikes from the dark clouds above Pine Valley Mt. through the brilliant orange clouds lit by the setting sun to the shadowed landscape of Southern Utah during a late season monsoon storm. - 718752583
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  • A White Breasted Huthatch perches on a tree trunk facing towards the left watching the camera with a background of green and yellow colors from sunlit foliage. - 717227632
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