Cedar Breaks National Monument

Less famous than other parks, Cedar Breaks National Monument is not without its charms. Higher than Brice Canyon, Cedar Breaks is open to visitors from late May to October, and although it isn't too well-known, its landscapes are as spectacular as those of the more famous parks: deep gorges in a circle over seven hundred feet deep, rocky eroded cliffs, and a natural festival of white, ocher, yellow and scarlet. Iron and manganese oxides have created this stunning palette and here flora and fauna live in the wild. The red flowers I photographed are called "Indian paintbrush".