Is there anywhere in the world like the American Southwest?

 

Is there anywhere in the world like the American Southwest? Where else can you hike four miles through a narrow slot canyon - glowing red, orange yellow and purple - and end at a double waterfall pouring over a chockstone? I find this place absolutely amazing!

Photo: Falls on Professor Creek, with a quartz rock in the foreground; Mary Jane Canyon, Moab, UT; May 3, 2014