Rugged Country | Wallpaper

Bandelier National Monument
This wallpaper shows Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. Bandelier protects more than 33,000 acres of rugged but beautiful canyon and mesa country as well as evidence of a human presence here going back more than 11,000 years. (Image credit: National Park Service)

This wallpaper shows Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. Bandelier protects more than 33,000 acres of rugged but beautiful canyon and mesa country as well as evidence of a human presence here going back more than 11,000 years. Petroglyphs, dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs, and standing masonry walls pay tribute to the early days of a culture that still survives in the surrounding communities.

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