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(Alex Goodlett |The New York Times) An area known as Valley of The Gods, inside Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah, Aug. 23, 2017.

(Alex Goodlett |The New York Times) An area known as Valley of The Gods, inside Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah, Aug. 23, 2017.

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