1. Utah can seem like something out of science fiction sometimes…

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Bryce Canyon National Park

2. Especially at sunset.

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Bryce Canyon National Park

3. The desert definitely can look like a place from “Star Wars”…

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Oceans Garden Trail, Bryce Canyon National Park

4. And every rock formation is just begging for a photo shoot.

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North Window and Turret Arch, Arches National Park

5. Especially this one, before it falls over or something.

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Delicate Arch, Arches National Park

6. Seriously, some places in Utah almost can’t be real.

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Sunset at Balancing Rock, Arches

7. You’ll feel like the whole world is at your feet…

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Capitol Reef National Park

8. And you’ll have more than one opportunity to feel like you’re “the king of the world!”

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Sunset Point Capitol Reef National Park

9. The Utah landscape is anything but predictable…

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Monument Valley

10. Whether it’s weird rocks sticking out of sand…

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Totem Pole, Monument Valley

11. … or more weird rocks sticking out of the sand…

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Monument Valley

12. … and then a quiet creek to even things out…

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Zion National Park

13. …to whatever this is.

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Arch Formations at Zion

14. Sometimes Utah can look a little creepy…

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Zion National Park

15. …but always breathtaking.

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Canyonlands National Park

16. And nature knows how to rough it out here.

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Dead Horse State Park

17. But whether it’s the end of a long day…

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Canyonlands National Park

18. Or the start of a new one…

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Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park

19. You can always count on Utah to make you stop and stare…

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Maze Overlook, Canyonlands National Park

20. And keep your camera at the ready.


Needles District, Canyonlands

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