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'Top Hat' formation, first sight along the Columbia River by Lewis and Clark on their expedition. Oregon

'Top Hat' formation, first sight along the Columbia River by Lewis and...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Lava rock formation with mountains in distance along U.S. Highway 395, north of Independence, California, in the broad Owens Valley west of Death Valley

Lava rock formation with mountains in distance along U.S. Highway 395,...

Owens is a classic "rift valley," formed by faulting and volcanic action. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M... More

A distinctive "hoodoo" rock formation near Capitol Peak in Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Armstrong County in the Texas panhandle

A distinctive "hoodoo" rock formation near Capitol Peak in Palo Duro C...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A hoodoo (also called a tent rock and fairy chimney) is a tall, thin spire of rock that protrudes skyward. It is formed when weaker s... More

Mesa formation north of Big Bend National Park in Texas's "Trans-Pecos" region

Mesa formation north of Big Bend National Park in Texas's "Trans-Pecos...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Formation on the rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Formation on the rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Bell Rock Formation, Sedona, Arizona

Bell Rock Formation, Sedona, Arizona

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Rock formation outside Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Rock formation outside Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Formation in the Utah desert

Carol M. Highsmith - Formation in the Utah desert

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

The "Holy City" rock formation in Park County, Wyoming's, Absaroka Mountains, east of Yellowstone National Park. The formation was so named because of the resemblance of its profile to that of Jerusalem in the Middle East

The "Holy City" rock formation in Park County, Wyoming's, Absaroka Mou...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

"Three Gossips" formation, Arches National Park, Utah

"Three Gossips" formation, Arches National Park, Utah

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Rock formation just north of the entrance to Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas

Rock formation just north of the entrance to Big Bend National Park in...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

A view of the Rio Grande River, looking generally west, in Big Bend Ranch State Park, Brewster County, Texas. The rock formation to the right is in the United States, the sliver of green to the left in Mexico

A view of the Rio Grande River, looking generally west, in Big Bend Ra...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Red-rock formation at Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

Red-rock formation at Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

A distinctive "hoodoo" rock formation near Capitol Peak in Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Armstrong County in the Texas panhandle

A distinctive "hoodoo" rock formation near Capitol Peak in Palo Duro C...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A hoodoo (also called a tent rock and fairy chimney) is a tall, thin spire of rock that protrudes skyward. It is formed when weaker s... More

Rock formation at the Garden of the Gods, a geological upheaval that is now a city park and popular tourist attraction in Colorado Springs, Colorado. If you view this image in full screen, note the "hole" toward the top left of the largest formation. Above it, two rocks appear to "touch noses." They are known, affectionally, as the "Kissing Camels"

Rock formation at the Garden of the Gods, a geological upheaval that i...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

The "Lighthouse," the signature formation in Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Armstrong County in the Texas panhandle

The "Lighthouse," the signature formation in Palo Duro Canyon State Pa...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A multiuse, six-mile round-trip loop trail is dedicated to the formation. The middle portion of the trail can be hot with little shad... More

A rock formation at Hueco Tanks State Historic Site near El Paso in El Paso County, Texas

A rock formation at Hueco Tanks State Historic Site near El Paso in El...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The "tanks" are rock depressions that collected water, thus becoming attractive to settlers and passersby. For a time the area was ow... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Balanced Rock formation in Arches National Park, Utah

Balanced Rock formation in Arches National Park, Utah

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

'The Windows' formation along 'Park Avenue' in Arches National Park, Utah

'The Windows' formation along 'Park Avenue' in Arches National Park, U...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Red sandstone formation in Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

Red sandstone formation in Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Half Dome formation. Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in California

Half Dome formation. Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biolog... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Rock formation outside Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Rock formation outside Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

"Artist's Palette," a formation featuring multi-colored layers of rock within Death Valley National Park in California

"Artist's Palette," a formation featuring multi-colored layers of rock...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Half Dome formation. Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in California

Half Dome formation. Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biolog... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Lava rock formation with mountains in distance along U.S. Highway 395, north of Independence, California, in the broad Owens Valley west of Death Valley

Lava rock formation with mountains in distance along U.S. Highway 395,...

Owens is a classic "rift valley," formed by faulting and volcanic action. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Rock formation in remote Brewster County, Texas, north of Big Bend National Park

Rock formation in remote Brewster County, Texas, north of Big Bend Nat...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

View of Half Dome formation in Yosemite National Park which spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in California

View of Half Dome formation in Yosemite National Park which spans east...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Cred... More

Lava rock formation with mountains in distance along U.S. Highway 395, north of Independence, California, in the broad Owens Valley west of Death Valley

Lava rock formation with mountains in distance along U.S. Highway 395,...

Owens is a classic "rift valley," formed by faulting and volcanic action. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Red-rock formation at Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

Red-rock formation at Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Lava rock formation with mountains in distance along U.S. Highway 395, north of Independence, California, in the broad Owens Valley west of Death Valley

Lava rock formation with mountains in distance along U.S. Highway 395,...

Owens is a classic "rift valley," formed by faulting and volcanic action. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Lava rock formation with mountains in distance along U.S. Highway 395, north of Independence, California, in the broad Owens Valley west of Death Valley

Lava rock formation with mountains in distance along U.S. Highway 395,...

Owens is a classic "rift valley," formed by faulting and volcanic action. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M... More

Half Dome formation at Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in California

Half Dome formation at Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biolog... More

The "Missing Man" Monument of four aircraft in V formation (missing one airplane) at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

The "Missing Man" Monument of four aircraft in V formation (missing on...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Sculpted by San Antonio native Mark Pritchett and dedicated in 1977, the polished aluminum and steel monument was originally designed... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an intern...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then... More