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Coral Pink Sands State Park is located in southwestern Utah near Kanab. Iron oxide colors the sand which has weathered from Navajo sandstone, and carried to dunes by the high winds funneled between two mountain ranges.
It rained the night before this image was captured. Water trapped in the sand provided the deep coral-pink saturation seen here.
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Utah is a state located in the westcentral region of the United States of America. Utah is the 13th largest state by area, ranks 34th by population and 10th by population density of the 50 United States. Utah was the 45th state to be admitted into the Union, on January 4, 1896. Utah is landlocked, being bordered by the states of Idaho to the north, Wyoming to the northeast, Nevada on the west, Colorado on the east and Arizona to the south. Utah is very mountainous and is a popular outing destination of the outdoorsman. The state population is about 2.82M with 95% being Caucasian, 2.4% Asian, 1.7% Native American and 1.3% Black. The state capital and largest city is Salt Lake City.Source: wikipedia