Colorado

The Colorado, Rio Grande, Arkansas and Platte all rise in the Rocky Mountains, which form a massive north-south backbone across the state, separating the Great Plains of the east from the desert and red-rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau to the west.

Upper Rio Grande, San Luis Valley
Upper Rio Grande, San Luis Valley
Photography | Christi Bode

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