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Round holes in the adobe wall held logs that supported the ceiling of the room and supported the open working area above.
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Panoramic view of the West Elk mountain range in Central Colorado.
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Pima indian ollas rest on a bench in a food processing and storage area, awaiting corn, beans, and squash.
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Hundreds of years later, adobe walls stand under the southwestern sky.
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High-alpine asters carpet untrodden backcountry basins in the Colorado summer.
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Part of an ancient native american road, the Anasazi carved these stairs straight into the near-vertical cliff.
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A series of portals lead through the depths of Casa Bonita in Chaco Canyon.
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Hoodoos patiently erode, defying time itself, in the Bisti Badlands.
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A small valley of erosion formations and approaching sandstorm in the New Mexico badlands.
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Weathered stones present haunting images of other, more lively objects.
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A fancifully-shaped water-carved cutout highlighted in the sun deep inside a southern Utah slot canyon.
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Mother earth displays her hidden private areas deep in the southwest canyon country.
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A corkscrew formed by infrequent raging flood waters.
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Distinct ridges in the sandstone were carved over the eons by rushing waters carrying abrasive sand.
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Cliffs silhouetted behind a brilliant desert sunset.
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