Photos Related to "The Mountain West"

Long View

Colorado stretches to the distance as seen from the summit of Pikes Peak.

Colorado stretches to the distance as seen from the summit of Pikes Peak.

First Light on the Salt Flats

The sun begins to crest nearby mountains at Stansbury Island along the salt flats that make of the shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake.

The sun begins to crest nearby mountains at Stansbury Island along the salt flats that make of the shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake.

Snowy Peak

The Vast Salt Expanse

Precarious

A rock balanced atop another among the thousands of rocks at the summit of Pikes Peak, Colorado.

A rock balanced atop another among the thousands of rocks at the summit of Pikes Peak, Colorado.

Climbing to the Top

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A train of the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway approaches the top of Pikes Peak, Colorado.A train of the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway approaches the top of Pikes Peak, Colorado.

Rocky Mountaintop

America’s Mountain

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Pikes Peak—colloquially known as "America's Mountain" looms in the Colorado sky.

Pikes Peak—colloquially known as “America’s Mountain” looms in the Colorado sky.

Tahoka

Vibrantly-colored Tahoka daisies, spotted in the foothills of Colorado's Pikes Peak.

Vibrantly-colored Tahoka daisies, spotted in the foothills of Colorado’s Pikes Peak.

Kissing the Sky

Detail of the Kissing Camels rock formation at Colorado's Garden of the Gods.

Detail of the Kissing Camels rock formation at Colorado’s Garden of the Gods.