Canyons, as much as mountains, mesas, and vast desert plains, are a defining feature of the American West's rugged landscape. National parks like Colorado's Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Utah's ...

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Imagine a scene in a movie about the Old West, where the characters are in a desperate search for water in the desert, stumbling across a barren landscape under a scorching sun, and carrying an empty ...