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April 14, 2012
April 14, 2012
Petrified Sand Dunes, Arizona
Photograph by Richard Barnes, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos
Sinuous lines of color swirl through the Wave, the most famous landform at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. Flash floods carved this passage through petrified sand dunes, exposing the iron-rich bands.
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