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Sandstone canyons in Lake Powell Utah

Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, between Utah and Arizona. It is a major vacation spot with 2 million visitors per year. It is the second largest man-made reservoir by maximum water capacity in the United States. It was created by the flooding of Glen Canyon by the Glen Canyon Dam. The reservoir is named for explorer John Wesley Powell, an American Civil War veteran who explored the river via three wooden boats in 1869.

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Uploaded on March 27, 2013
Taken on September 6, 2006