Grand Staircase Monument in Fog
« Back to Public Land - The BLM-The Big Open, August 2001 National Geographic Magazine
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Morning fog fills a canyon below sheer sandstone cliffs of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah. The rugged unique terrain of arches, plateaus and colorful canyon walls covers 1.7 million acres and was the first monument named under the BLM by President Bill Clinton in 1996.
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