Captions List for Colorado National Parks & Natural Areas Photos

Word index of photos of Colorado National Parks & Natural Areas.

• Mesa upon which Mesa Verde National Park sits. CO.
• Mesa once home to Pueblo natives now Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Landscape on approach to Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Rock formation of butte in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Striated butte in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Canyons of Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Cliff Canyon along Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Visitors examine one of round Kiva ceremonial chambers at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Details of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Round tower at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Stone walls forming living rooms & Kivas at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Round tower at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Square tower at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Towers & Kivas of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Rock formations which form caves used by early native settlements at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• View of mesa top from Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Architecture of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Four story tower under cave overhang at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Defensive grain storage structure in cleft of rock at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Round tower at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Towers in caves of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Ancient masonry structure of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Kiva detail with fire pit, air deflector wall, ventilator chimney hole plus benches for ceremony attendees at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Towers in cave at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Support poles & petroglyphs inside tower at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Cliff Palace seen lengthwise in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Soda Canyon in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• View across Soda Canyon to cave holding Hemenway House in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Hemenway House in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Hemenway House in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Rock formations with small stone houses beside Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Ladder descending into Kiva at Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Houses built into caves at Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Kiva detail where small hole beside fire pit is symbolic entry to underworld at Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Kiva detail at Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Water marks on cliff overhang at Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Balcony House at Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Climb to Balcony House at Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Balcony House at Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Climb up from Balcony House at Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Prehistoric highrise Square Tower House at Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Petroglyphs in Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Observation deck part of Chapin Mesa Museum of Mesa Verde National Park. CO.
• Model of early peoples hunting buffalo about 10,000 to 15,000 years ago at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Model of native life during Pueblo period 1200 years ago at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Model of native life during cliff dwelling Classic Pueblo period 800 years ago at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Model of native life during cliff dwelling Classic Pueblo period 800 years ago at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Arrow heads or points typical of Pueblo period at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Unusual Pueblo pottery in animal form at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Pueblo pottery corn storage jar with bowl used a protective lid (c1200-1270) found buried with corn inside at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Ancient corn found in Puebloan pottery jar sits in lid for jar at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Pueblo pottery water jar with narrow spaced lines typical of Classic Mesa Verde Style at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Kiva pottery jar in Mesa Verde Style at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Kiva jar found in Mesa Verde religious Kiva has ridge for lid at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Pottery seed jar with painted animals in Mesa Verde Style at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Mesa Verde Puebloan pottery cup & bowl at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Mesa Verde Puebloan pottery cups from classic period III at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Mesa Verde Puebloan pottery double mug at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Mesa Verde Puebloan pottery bowl with painted tick from classic period III at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Mesa Verde Puebloan pottery bowl from classic period III at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Mesa Verde Puebloan pottery bowl painted with birds from classic period III at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Mesa Verde Puebloan pottery bowl with bird painted inside from classic period III at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Mesa Verde Puebloan pottery bowl with painted leaping mountain sheep from classic period III at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Tusayan Puebloan pottery bowls from Arizona at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Mimbres Mongollon native pottery bowl (c500 BCE-1200 CE) with goat or sheep from southern New Mexico at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Paquime Puebloan native pottery polychrome jar from southern New Mexico at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Cibola Puebloan native pottery polychrome bowl (c500 BCE-1200 CE) from western New Mexico at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Ute beaded gauntlets with flowers at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Ute beaded vest with flowers at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Ute beaded cuffs with horse at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Native beaded boots with flowers at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Navajo woven blanket or rug (1650-1865) at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Navajo woven chief's blanket (late 1800s) at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Display on how Navajo rugs were woven at Mesa Verde Museum. CO.
• Painted Wall at Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Rock veins give colors to Painted Wall in Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Painted Wall cliff is 2,300 feet tall or about twice height of Empire State Building at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Gunnison River runs along base of Painted Wall at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Rock formations at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• View into Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Canyon rim at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Black Canyon cliff at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Sage & plant life at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Rock colors at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Constricted river canyon of Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Mesa over canyon drop at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Pinnacles in canyon at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Distant Rocky Mountains from Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Glimpse of river at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Pinnacles in canyon at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Canyon rock striations at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Distant Rocky Mountains from Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Tress growing out of canyon at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Lichens at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Lichens on granite of Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Black cliff rocks at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Observation pathway at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Rocky mountains over rim of Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Plant life at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Gunnison River far below at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Observation platform at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Oak tree at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Tree trunk at Gunnison National Park. CO.
• Scenery on Highway 50 East of Gunnison. CO.
• Pinnacles on Blue Mesa Reservoir on Highway 50 East of Gunnison. CO.
• Pinnacles on Blue Mesa Reservoir on Highway 50 East of Gunnison. CO.
• Landscape of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Fossilized redwood tree trunk at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Fossilized trio of redwood tree trunks at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Fossilized giant redwood tree trunk at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Surface detail of fossilized redwood tree trunk at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Pines over meadow at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Pines at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Pines at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Rabbit at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Ponderosa Pine at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Ponderosa Pine bark at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Fringed sage at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Peppergrass at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Goldenrod at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Purple flowers at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Mixture of yellow wildflowers at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Mixed wildflowers at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Red wildflowers at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Purple wildflowers at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Bee on thistle flower at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Wild grasses at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Fossilized redwood tree trunk at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Fossilized wasp (Paleovespa florissantia) at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Fossilized fish at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Fossilized fern at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Fossilized redwood leaves at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Hornbek Homestead (1878) log buildings preserved within Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. CO.
• Wind-shaped pine at Colorado National Monument. CO.
• Rocky canyon in Colorado National Monument. CO.
• Rocky ridge at Colorado National Monument. CO.
• Boulders at Colorado National Monument. CO.
• Landscape of Colorado National Monument. CO.
• Ranges of the Rocky Mountains from air. CO.
• Snow covered Rocky Mountain ridges from air. CO.
• Rocky Mountain formations from air. CO.
• Rocky Mountain valley from air. CO.
• Rocky Mountains near Aspen from air. CO.
• Repetitive peaks of Rocky Mountains from air. CO.
• Rocky Mountain valley forests from air. CO.
• Rocky Mountain slopes from air. CO.
• Jet engine over Rocky Mountains. CO.
• Rocky Mountain snowfields from air. CO.
• Rocky Mountain peaks from air. CO.
• Rocky Mountain ridges from air. CO.
• Rocky Mountain formations from air. CO.
• Rocky Mountains & foothills from air approached from west. CO.
• Rocky Mountain ridges from air. CO.
• Snow capped ridges & clouds of Rocky Mountains from air. CO.
• Mist-covered Rocky Mountains from air. CO.
• Snow-covered Rocky Mountains from air. CO.
• Snow-covered Rocky Mountains & valleys from air. CO.
• Rugged peaks of chain in Rocky Mountains from air. CO.
• Snowy expanse of Rocky Mountains from air. CO.
• Prairie croplands near Denver International Airport with circular fields for rotary irrigation from air. CO.
• Mississippi River from air. CO.
• Tunnel at high point of Interstate 70 in Colorado. CO.
• Rockies in Colorado from Interstate 70. CO.
• Panorama of Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Sand dunes meet the mountains at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• National Park Service reception center at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Pine tree at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Flowering shrub at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Succulents at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Cactus at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Wildflowers at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Line of bushes at base of dunes at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Dunes above reeds at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Visitors on burning sands of Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Mountains of sand at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Mountains of sand & rock at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Visiting groups at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Clouds over mountains of Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Layers of sky, clouds, mountains, dunes & trees at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Layers of clouds, mountains, dunes & trees at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.
• Clouds, mountains, dunes & prairie with tree at Great Sand Dunes National Park. CO.