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Spectacular National Monuments in California and Nevada

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    Wintertime view across Cold Canyon.
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    Water tumbles down the Eel River.
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    The view across Pope Canyon to Cedar Roughs.
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    The Golden Gate Range at sunset, looking southwest toward the Worthington Mountains Wilderness.
    Starlight illuminates petroglyphs in the Mount Irish Archaeological District.
    Cholla cacti in the Mount Irish Range.
    A hiker scrambles across rocks in the Mount Irish Range.
    A red-tailed hawk takes flight over the Seaman Range.
    Wild flowers in the White River Narrows.
    Sunset in the Golden Gate Range looking west over Garden Valley.
    Wintertime view across Cold Canyon.
    Water tumbles down the Eel River.
    The view across Pope Canyon to Cedar Roughs.
    The Golden Gate Range at sunset, looking southwest toward the Worthington Mountains Wilderness.
    Tyler Roemer Tyler Roemer
    Starlight illuminates petroglyphs in the Mount Irish Archaeological District.
    Tyler Roemer Tyler Roemer
    Cholla cacti in the Mount Irish Range.
    Tyler Roemer Tyler Roemer
    A hiker scrambles across rocks in the Mount Irish Range.
    Tyler Roemer Tyler Roemer
    A red-tailed hawk takes flight over the Seaman Range.
    Tyler Roemer Tyler Roemer
    Wild flowers in the White River Narrows.
    Tyler Roemer Tyler Roemer
    Sunset in the Golden Gate Range looking west over Garden Valley.
    Tyler Roemer Tyler Roemer
    Wintertime view across Cold Canyon.
    OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
    Jim Rose Jim Rose
    Water tumbles down the Eel River.
    Jim Rose Jim Rose
    The view across Pope Canyon to Cedar Roughs.
    Jim Rose Jim Rose
    The Golden Gate Range at sunset, looking southwest toward the Worthington Mountains Wilderness.
    Starlight illuminates petroglyphs in the Mount Irish Archaeological District.
    Cholla cacti in the Mount Irish Range.
    A hiker scrambles across rocks in the Mount Irish Range.
    A red-tailed hawk takes flight over the Seaman Range.
    Wild flowers in the White River Narrows.
    Sunset in the Golden Gate Range looking west over Garden Valley.
    Wintertime view across Cold Canyon.
    Water tumbles down the Eel River.
    The view across Pope Canyon to Cedar Roughs.
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