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Vigil Held for Slain US Army Veteran

On a week that Maribel Ramos would have been preparing for her college graduation, her family is returning to the canyon where her body was found. Full story

Stranded for days, hiker is rescued from cliff

   A hiker, stranded for days after suffering a fall, is rescued from a perilous cliff in a Utah canyon. KSL’s Sandra Yi reports.

Canyon Fire Burns Behind Apartment Complex

A canyon fire burned behind an apartment complex in Rancho Bernardo on Sunday afternoon. Officials said the vegetation fire sparked just after 4 p.m. in a canyon in the 10000 block of Poblado Road, just behind the La Terraza apartment complex. Fire crews quickly mobilized and a full response, inc Full story

64-Million-Year Controversy: Grand Canyon Age Debated

Since two researchers suggested last year that the Grand Canyon was carved 70 million years ago (much older than the consensus of 6 million years), a rousing debate over the canyon's true age has played out at scientific meetings, through email, and now, in the pages of a respected journal. Full story

Teenagers spend days in canyon without food, water

   Two teenagers who went missing since Easter Sunday were found in the rugged Trabuco Canyon in Orange County, Calif. The teens were without food, water and shelter after they couldn’t find their car. One rescuer is in serious condition after falling 60 feet and suffering a head injury.

Second missing California hiker rescued from mountain canyon

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A college student lost since Sunday in a California mountain canyon was rescued and flown to a hospital on Thursday, a day after her hiking companion was found dazed and dehydrated in a nearby ravine, authorities said. Full story

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This mosaic of Mars is a compilation of images captured by the Viking Orbiter 1. The center of the scene shows the entire 2,500-mile Valles Marineris canyon system, which is five times as long as the Grand Canyon. The image is part of "MARS 2K4," an exhibit on display at the National Geographic Muse

Salt merchants pose for a photograph as they rest for the night in a canyon, during their journey to extract salt from the Danakil Depression, northern Ethiopia
Salt merchants pose for a photograph as they rest for the night in a canyon, during their journey to extract salt from the Danakil Depression, northern Ethiopia

Salt merchants pose for a photograph as they rest for the night in a canyon, during their journey to extract salt from the Danakil Depression, northern Ethiopia April 20, 2013. The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is one of the hottest and harshest environments on earth, with an average annual tempera

Salt merchants, and their pack animals, rest for the night in a canyon, during their journey to extract salt from the Danakil Depression, northern Ethiopia
Salt merchants, and their pack animals, rest for the night in a canyon, during their journey to extract salt from the Danakil Depression, northern Ethiopia

Salt merchants, and their pack animals, rest for the night in a canyon, during their journey to extract salt from the Danakil Depression, northern Ethiopia April 20, 2013. The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is one of the hottest and harshest environments on earth, with an average annual temperature

Amputee Survivor Talks To The Media
Amputee Survivor Talks To The Media

GRAND JUNCTION, CO - MAY 9: Aron Ralston smiles at a news conference at St. Mary's Hospital May 9, 2003 in Grand Junction, Colorado. In order to free himself from a boulder that shifted while he was lowering himself off of it in a remote Utah canyon April 26, Ralston sawed off his right arm below

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REUTERS PICTURE HIGHLIGHT

ATTENTION EDITORS - REUTERS PICTURE HIGHLIGHT TRANSMITTED BY 0625 GMT ON MAY 4, 2013GRB88Smoke races through the canyons during the second day of the Springs Fire in the mountain areas of Ventura County, California. REUTERS/Gene BlevinsREUTERS NEWS PICTURES HAS NOW MADE IT EASIER TO FIND THE BE

Firefighters make their way out of a canyon as they battle the Springs Fire near Malibu
Firefighters make their way out of a canyon as they battle the Springs Fire near Malibu

Firefighters make their way out of a canyon as they battle the Springs Fire near Malibu, California May 3, 2013. A fierce, wind-whipped wildfire spread on Friday along the California coast northwest of Los Angeles, threatening 4,000 homes and a military base as residents were evacuated ahead of the