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Monument Canyon

Sunday, August 1, 2010

This morning I headed to the Colorado National Monument to hike down Monument Canyon. Here’s a few photos I took along the way.

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Making my way down into the canyon
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Looking over the Coke Ovens from the side trip to the overlook
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Continuing on down the trail
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The Coke Ovens from below
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At the bottom of the canyon
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First views of the Kissing Couple and Independence Monument
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Self portrait
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Right under the Kissing Couple monolith
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Getting closer to Independence Monument
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Independence Monument
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Looking back up Monument Canyon
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Here’s a few photos I tonemapped for a little different look

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It was a nice hike to start the day…but since it had rained the night before, it was pretty humid out!

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