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Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings carved into sandstone

Hiking out of Cliff Palace involves climbing steps between these two walls of sandstone and climbing a modest ladder to the top of the cliff.
Hiking out of Cliff Palace involves climbing steps between these two walls of sandstone and climbing a modest ladder to the top of the cliff. © Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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