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The American Southwest: Canyon Country
A mile-deep canyon, slot canyons that glow, a river bent into a perfect horseshoe, and red-rock arches and hoodoos — the most cinematic corner of the United States.
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Wind, water and deep time carved the American Southwest into something that barely looks like Earth: a canyon a mile deep, sandstone slots where light pours down like liquid gold, a river coiled into a perfect loop, and forests of stone spires that blush at sunrise. This map links the greatest hits of the Colorado Plateau across Arizona and Utah — a road-trip of jaw-dropping pull-offs and short trails. Sunrise and sunset do the heavy lifting.