| Looking toward Monument Valley on US Highway 163, Utah. I was first introduced to Monument Valley by the movie Forrest Gump – this was where Gump suddenly stopped his run. This scenic road certainly appeared in many other movies and TV shows. This area was a plateau largely made of sandstone tens of millions of years ago. Natural forces of wind and water slowly eroded the landscape and carved it into the mesas and buttes we see today. Monument Valley is located within the Navajo Nation reservation and is considered sacred. This segment of US Highway 163 is extremely popular among tourists - everyone (including us) wants to take photos right in the middle of the road to get the perfect alignment. It's fortunate vehicle traffic is low here. Geographically, Monument Valley itself is located completely inside Arizona, just south of the Utah and Arizona border.
从犹他州境内的美国163号公路看向纪念碑谷。第一次知道这个地方应该是通过电影阿甘正传，阿甘在这里终止了他的长跑。当然，这条观景路还出现在许多其它的影视作品中。这里在数千万年前是主要由砂岩构成的高原，经过风和水的不停侵蚀逐渐形成了现在众多平顶山和孤丘的景观。纪念碑谷属于纳瓦霍印第安保留地，被视作圣地。这个阿甘停止长跑的地方是极端流行的游客留影地，大家一定要跑到公路正中间对准了照，也幸好这条路的车流量低。纪念碑谷本身的地理位置在犹他州和亚利桑那州的边界南边，它完全位于亚利桑那州境内。 |
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