Stunning images of Zion National Park

Deer run across a road at Zion National Park in Utah. (RHONA WISE / AFP)

Published on: Mar 07, 2017 9:10 AM IST

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Deer run across a road at Zion National Park in Utah. (RHONA WISE / AFP)

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Water runs over rocks at the Riverside Walk section of Zion Canyon in Zion National Park. (RHONA WISE / AFP)

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Zion is both the oldest national park in Utah. It was the state’s first federally designated park (1919), and it shows off the oldest geologic layers this side of the Grand Canyon (~150m years old). (RHONA WISE / AFP)

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A Bighorn sheep grazes in Zion National Park in Utah. (RHONA WISE / AFP)

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Streams in the area take rectangular paths as they follow jointing planes in the rocks. (RHONA WISE / AFP)

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Bighorn sheep graze in Zion National Park in Utah. These skilled climbers choose steep, rocky terrain, like that found on Zion’s east side, to allow them to escape from predators like mountain lions. (RHONA WISE/ AFP)

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Within 229 square miles of Zion National Park are high plateaus, a maze of narrow, deep, sandstone canyons, and the Virgin River and its tributaries. (RHONA WISE / AFP)

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A general view of Zion National Park, Utah. (RHONA WISE / AFP)