Monument Valley sits on the Utah-Arizona border, within the Navajo Nation reservation. The iconic sandstone buttes that dot the valley floor can mostly be accessed or viewed from Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, which—though instantly recognizable—has many fewer visitors annually than the nearby Grand Canyon. Gathered here, a collection of images of some of the many moods of the valley, from wild storms to dusky evenings to bright, sunlit panoramas.
Photos: The Moods of Monument Valley
- Alan Taylor
- June 18, 2019
- 20 Photos
- In Focus
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Monument Valley, as viewed from Hunts Mesa, near the Utah-Arizona border #
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Horses graze in Utah with features of Monument Valley in the background. #
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Sunset under a dramatic sky in Monument Valley, as seen from Arizona #
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An aerial view of some of the natural features of the valley, as seen from a balloon #
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The sun sets on (from left) West and East Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte in Monument Valley, Arizona, on June 12, 2019. #
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A snow-covered field, photographed near one of the buttes of Monument Valley #
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The view from Hunts Mesa at sunrise #
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Totem Pole Rock stands in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park at sunrise. #
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An unusually wintry landscape #
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Merrick Butte, lit by a sunset as a desert storm passes #
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The light of a sunrise, filtered through a dust storm #
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An aerial view of one of the buttes, as seen during a balloon trip #
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Storm clouds rise behind Merrick Butte. #
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Cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in Monument Valley on July 21, 2017. #
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Ear of the Wind, a rock formation inside Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park #
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A hazy sky, filled with smoke from a wildfire, in June 2006 #
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The sun sets on East Mitten Butte on June 12, 2019. #
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U.S. Route 163 leads toward the buttes of Monument Valley in Utah, near the Utah-Arizona border. #
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A photo taken from a small airplane flying toward Monument Valley #
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West Mitten Butte, East Mitten Butte, and Merrick Butte at sunrise #
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