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Mesa Verde National Park

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Set in high mesas, the best-preserved and most notable Ancient Pueblo cliffs dwellings in the country bear silent witness to accomplishments of the most developed civilization in Ancient America.

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Meadows and Lookout Peak, early morning. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Prater Canyon, afternoon storm. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Canyon slopes covered in fall foliage at sunrise. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Slopes covered with shrubs in brillant autumn color. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Slope with burned trees, shadows, and shurbs in autumn foliage. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Bare trunks and shurb leaves in autumn foliage. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Clearing winter storm on North Rim, morning. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Mountain shrub community on cuesta, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Rainbow and cliffs at sunset from Park Point. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Aligned doors, Far View House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Spruce Tree house. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Ladder through a smoke hole in Spruce Tree house. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Square Tower house and Long Mesa, dusk. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Tower of Square Tower House at sunset. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Looking up Square Tower House and cliff. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Ground-level view of Square Tower House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff Palace and Chaplin Mesa, late afternoon. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff Palace, largest Anasazi cliff dwelling, afternoon. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff Palace, largest cliff dwelling in North America. Mesa Verde National Park (Panoramic black and white)

Kiva in Balcony House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Mug House, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Alcove and Long House, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Ruined Anasazi pueblo walls, Long House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Fresh snow on meadows and mesas near Park entrance. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Meadows and mesas near Park entrance, early morning. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Fresh snow on meadows and Lookout Peak. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Lookout Peak and meadow. Mesa Verde National Park (Panoramic black and white)

Early morning, Mancos Valley Overlook. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Frozen grasses and oaks. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Dear in autumn. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Deer and Gambel Oak. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Outcrop with shurbs in fall foliage. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Mesas in autumn. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Pratter Canyon in autumn. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Burned slope with shrub-steppe plants in fall colors. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Shrub-steppe plant community in autumn. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Burned area with shrubs in autumn colors. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Fall color over shrub slopes. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Twisted bare trees and brush with colorful fall foliage. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Slope with pine trees and shurbs in autumn foliage. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Montezuma Valley Overlook. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Burned forest and vividly colored shurbs in autumn. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Tree skeleton and slope with shrubs in the fall. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Canyon with burned trees and brush in fall colors. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Clouds and landscape with fall colors. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Clouds and slopes with autumn colors. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Layers of hills with autumn foliage. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Expansive view from Park Point. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

North Rim cliffs. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Moon, thunderstorm cloud over mesas at sunset. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Rainbow over North Rim, sunset. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Rainbow and thunderstorm clouds over mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Shrubs and mountains at sunrise from Park Point. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Snowy trees, cliffs, and clearing storm, Park Point, morning. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Winter storm clears on North Rim at Park Point, morning. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Trees, shrubs, and cliff shadow, early morning. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Deer grazing. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Close up of grasses and roots. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Close up of leaves, fallen wood and grasses. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Close up of flowers and rocks used in Ancestral Puebloan structures. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Close up of wall, Coyote Village. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Ancestral Puebloan village with multiple rooms and kivas. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Mesa top Ancestral Puebloan ruin. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Far View House, early morning. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Oven and kiva, Coyote Village. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Coyote Village, Far View Sites Complex. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Doorways in Far View House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Far View Tower. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Kiva and Milky Way. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Far View ruins at night. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Spruce Tree House under rock overhang, Chapin Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park (Panoramic black and white)

Ladder emerging from Kiva and Spruce Tree house. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Spruce Tree house, ancestral pueblan ruin. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Spruce Tree House and Kiva entrances. Mesa Verde National Park (Panoramic black and white)

Kiva in Spruce Tree house. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff dwelling ruin. Mesa Verde National Park (Panoramic black and white)

Ladder through a smoke hole in Spruce Tree house. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Spruce Tree house and alcove in winter. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Oak Tree House, Chapin Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Balcony House ladder, afternoon. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Kiva in Balcony House, Chapin Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Long bean in Balcony House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Square Tower house and trees, dusk. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Square Tower house at base of Long Mesa cliffs. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Square Tower house, tallest Anasazi ruin, afternoon. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Square Tower house, tallest ruin in Mesa Verde, late afternoon. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Square Tower house, late afternoon. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Last light on Tower of Square Tower House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Square Tower House, tallest Ancestral pueblo ruin. Mesa Verde National Park (Panoramic black and white)

Cliffs and Ancestral pueblo ruin. Mesa Verde National Park (Panoramic black and white)

Square Tower House from below. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Square Tower House Ancestral Puebloan dwelling. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Square Tower House Anasazi dwelling. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Tower and cliff inside Square Tower House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Three-storied tower from below, Square Tower House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Structures built high on cliff, Square Tower House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff and three story tower from below, Square Tower House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Crows Nest perched high in cliff crevice, Square Tower House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Rock wall with human occupation traces and original kiva roof, Square Tower House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Rock art, Square Tower House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Masonery detail, Square Tower House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Starry sky above Cliff Palace. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Night with stars above Cliff Palace. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff Palace at night, Chapin Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff Palace seen from across valley in winter. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff Palace from above, late afternoon. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff Palace, late afternoon. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff Palace ruin in rock alcove. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff Palace sheltered by rock overhang. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Trees and Cliff Palace, morning. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Round tower in Cliff Palace. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff Palace, largest Anasazi cliff dwelling. Mesa Verde National Park (Panoramic black and white)

Anasazi cliff dwelling. Mesa Verde National Park (Panoramic black and white)

Square Tower in Cliff Palace. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Windows in Spruce Tree House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Cliff Palace Anasazi dwelling. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Ancestral pueblan dwellings in Cliff Palace. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Srubs in autumn and cuesta, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Gambel oak and Utah serviceberry brighten Wetherill Mesa slopes in autumn. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Autumn foliage of Mountain shrub community, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Burned trees and mountains from Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Yucca on canyon rim, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Canyon from rim, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Standing skeletons of burned trees, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Close-up of bare branches and fallen leaves. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Burned forest, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Canyon, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Mug House Ancestral pueblo. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Kiva and structures built on ledge, Mug House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Walls in alcove, Mug House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Window with original clay frame, Mug House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Kiva detail with multicolored original plaster. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Masonery structure and pithouse, Step House, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Reconstructed pithouse and original walls below rock roof, Step House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Reconstructed Basketmaker pithouse in Step House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Long House, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Long House nested in rock alcove, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Side view of structures abutting cliff, Long House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Long House Ancestral Pueblo ruins and cliffs, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Ladder and ruined walls, Long House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Ruined Ancestral Puebloan walls, Long House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Long House, large Ancestral Puebloan structure. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Original walls from Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Original walls from Anasazi cliff dwelling. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Multi story Ancestral Puebloan structure, Long House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Kiva and dwellings, Long House, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Multi-stored ancestral pueblo, Long House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Long House Ancestral Puebloan dwelling, Wetherill Mesa. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Long House, second largest Anasazi ruin. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Long House, second largest Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwelling. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Amphitheater, Morefield Campground. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Morefield Campground. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Far View Lodge at night. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Lobby, Far View Lodge. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Far View visitor center terrace by moonlight. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Sunset and attractions listings, Far View visitor center window reflexion. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Far View visitor center at dusk. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Mesa at sunset, Far View visitor center window reflexion. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Far View visitor center entrance by moonlight. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Visitor and Research Center. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Mancos Valley with Park Point, Visitor and Research Center window reflexion. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Park Point, Visitor Center and Research Center window reflexion. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Park Point Visitor Center window reflexion. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Interpretive sign, Coyote Village. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Grandest View sign. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Wetherill Mesa Road. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Park rangers descend ladder. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Park ranger on ladder along steep cliff leading to ruin. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Tour participants negotiate cliff. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Tour participants hike to Square Tower House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Ranger talks during guided tour of Long House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Native American Ranger plays flute to honor ancestors. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

Visitor looking, Long House. Mesa Verde National Park ( black and white)

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