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Colorado National Monument, CO

25 images Created 27 May 2015

Visit scenic Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, in Colorado, USA. The following photos by Tom Dempsey include: Monument Canyon, Wedding Canyon, Independence Monument, Balanced Rock, Devils Kitchen rock formation, Coke Ovens, and ancient streambed ripples fossilized in Wingate sandstone. Animal photos include: Collared Lizard (genus Crotaphytus), Western whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis tigris, or Tiger Whiptail). Desert flora images: Easter Daisy (Townsendia incana), Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja), Narrow Leaf Yucca (Yucca angustissima). This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests.

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  • Devils Kitchen rock formation, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. This panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-2173-75pan_Devils-Kitchen.jpg
  • Wedding Canyon seen from Window Rock Trail, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests.
    1503SW-1983_Wedding-Canyon_Colorado.jpg
  • Collared Lizard (genus Crotaphytus) in Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA.
    1503SW-2011_Collared-Lizard_Crotaphy...jpg
  • Devils Kitchen rock formation, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. This panorama was stitched from 8 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-2126-33pan_Devils-Kitchen.jpg
  • Easter Daisy / Townsendia incana. Hike upper Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA.
    1503SW-2074_Easter-Daisy_Townsendia-...jpg
  • Independence Monument and Monument Canyon, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. This panorama was stitched from 5 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-1987-91pan_Colorado-National-...jpg
  • Independence Monument in Monument Canyon, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-2060-61pan_Independence-Monum...jpg
  • Balanced Rock, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests.
    1503SW-1878_Balanced-Rock.jpg
  • Monument Canyon View, Kissing Couple rock formation, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests.
    1503SW-1973_Kissing-Couple.jpg
  • Western whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris, or Tiger Whiptail) lizard in Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. This lizard ranges throughout most of southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
    1503SW-2083_Aspidoscelis-tigris_liza...jpg
  • Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja) flowers bloom red in Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
    1503SW-2068_Castilleja_red-flower.jpg
  • Narrow Leaf Yucca (Yucca angustissima) in Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA.
    1503SW-2044_Narrow-Leaf-Yucca.jpg
  • Distant View pullout, Rim Rock Drive, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. This panorama was stitched from 9 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-1866-74pan_Rim-Rock-Drive.jpg
  • Independence Monument in Wedding Canyon seen from Window Rock Trail, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests.
    1503SW-1896-p1_Wedding-Canyon_Colora...jpg
  • Wedding Canyon seen from Window Rock Trail, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. This panorama was stitched from 8 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-1896-1903pan_Wedding-Canyon_C...jpg
  • Coke Ovens rock formation, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests.
    1503SW-1950_Coke-Ovens_Colorado.jpg
  • Independence Monument & Wedding Canyon, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. This panorama was stitched from 5 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-1913-17pan_Wedding-Canyon_Col...jpg
  • Collared Lizard (genus Crotaphytus) in Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA.
    1503SW-2008_Collared-Lizard_Crotaphy...jpg
  • Independence Monument (450 feet high) seen from Window Rock Trail, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests.
    1503SW-1984_Independence-Monument.jpg
  • Ancient streambed ripples are fossilized in Wingate sandstone. Hike upper Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau.
    1503SW-2004_fossil-sandstone-ripples.jpg
  • Collared Lizard (genus Crotaphytus) in Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA.
    1503SW-2027_Collared-Lizard_Crotaphy...jpg
  • See Independence Monument along Monument Canyon Trail, in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. This panorama was stitched from 12 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-2047-58pan_Independence-Monum...jpg
  • Collared Lizard (genus Crotaphytus) in Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA.
    1503SW-2028_Collared-Lizard_Crotaphy...jpg
  • Devils Kitchen rock formation, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. This panorama was stitched from 8 overlapping photos.
    1503SW-2139-46pan_Devils-Kitchen.jpg
  • Independence Monument and Monument Canyon, Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests.
    1503SW-1996_Independence-Monument.jpg
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