View_of_day: Colorado

Anasasi Indian Ruins in Mesa Verde National Park in southwest Colorado.

Sunset in Mesa Verde National Park in southern Colorado.

A scene from the 181,000-acre Maroon Bells, Snowmass Wilderness Area near Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Walt Huss)

Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado.

Two natural lakes are at the foot of Colorado’s Mt. Elbert.

A deer in the Maroon Bells Wilderness, Colorado.

A pika in the Maroon Bells Wilderness Area in Colorado. (Photo by Walt Huss)

A beaver in the Maroon Bells Wilderness Area in Colorado. (Photo by Walt Huss)

A pair of mountain goats on Mt. Evans, Colorado. (Photo by Walt Huss)