Kodachrome Basin , Utah

There are 2,241 vividly-colored acres in this remote desert park. Named by National Geographic Society visitors, its photogenic character centers on the 67 spires known as Hoodoos. The tallest is 156 feet and all were formed when calcite and feldspar filled extinct geyser throats then remained after the softer surrounding sandstone eroded away leaving the piquant, aptly named chimneys.