波浪谷中的砂岩层和积水，亚利桑那州朱红悬崖国家纪念碑 Sandstone formation and pools of water in 'The Wave,' Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona (© Dennis Frates/Alamy)

波浪谷中的砂岩层和积水，亚利桑那州朱红悬崖国家纪念碑 Sandstone formation and pools of water in 'The Wave,' Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona (© Dennis Frates/Alamy)

A sea of swirling stone

By showing you this coveted sight, we're saving you a bit of an ordeal. For close-up view like this of 'The Wave,' a whorled sandstone formation in the northern Arizona wilderness, you'd have to navigate a rugged and mostly trail-free route with a permit in your pocket (only a small number are available, offered via a daily lottery). But that's just one day hike of many in the expansive Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, which encompasses almost 300,000 acres of Arizona and Utah canyonland.

漩涡石海

通过向你展示这令人垂涎的景象，我们给你省了一点痛苦。像这样近距离观看“海浪”是亚利桑那州北部荒野的一个螺纹砂岩地层，你必须在口袋里带着许可证（只有很少的一部分是可用的，通过每天的抽奖提供）在崎岖不平且几乎没有踪迹的路线上航行。但这仅仅是许多人在广阔的朱红悬崖国家纪念碑上一天的徒步旅行，这座纪念碑覆盖了亚利桑那州和犹他州近30万英亩的峡谷。