Rainbow Canyon (Nevada)

Nevada · United States of America

Rainbow Canyon (Nevada), United States of America
Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
spring
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A narrow desert canyon near Caliente carved through banded volcanic tuff, where layered walls flush pink, buff and rust in raking light. Rail lines thread the gorge floor, framing dramatic contrasts of steel and stone.

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