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Amorielli Vol. 2 · No. 04 · April 2026 Portfolio p. 26

Portfolio · Vol. 2 · No. 04 · April 2026

Sedona in pictures

9 photographs from the cover story, Where to Stay in Sedona, printed large. Photographs by Tomas Castelazo, https://sedona.org/, Matthew P. Del Buono, Ray Redstone, Tomascastelazo, Janet Ward, NOAA, LacDa.19, Greg Sumers, Coconino National Forest, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

Cathedral Rock in Sedona, Arizona, its red sandstone spires rising above green trees along Oak Creek under a clear sky. — Cathedral Rock is the classic Sedona silhouette; the reflected view from Red Rock Crossing on Oak Creek is the one on the postcards.

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Bell Rock, a rounded red sandstone formation near the Village of Oak Creek south of Sedona, with desert scrub in the foreground. — Bell Rock rises beside the Village of Oak Creek, south of the Y, with easy, mostly flat pathways looping around its base.

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The Chapel of the Holy Cross set into the red rock outside Sedona, its concrete face and tall cross rising between sandstone walls. — The Chapel of the Holy Cross was built into the rock in the mid-1950s; it is free to enter and open daily.

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Oak Creek Canyon north of Sedona, a forested gorge with red rock walls along State Route 89A toward Flagstaff. — Oak Creek Canyon carries State Route 89A north toward Flagstaff, climbing through pine forest to the overlook on the rim.

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Bell Rock and other red sandstone formations rise above green trees and shrubs under a blue sky with white clouds. — Bell Rock beside the Village of Oak Creek, with green scrub at its base under a clear sky.

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Red sandstone cliffs, green pine trees, and snow patches are visible, with bare branches and buds in the foreground. — Snow on the red and yellow sandstone and the pines of Oak Creek Canyon.

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A modern chapel, illuminated at night, stands on a rocky outcrop against a dark blue sky. Other dark rock formations are visible in the background. — The Chapel of the Holy Cross lit at night, seen from below.

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A sunset over a landscape with silhouetted trees in the foreground and distant hills under an orange and blue sky with clouds. — Sunset from Airport Mesa, the in-town lookout, with trees and distant buttes in silhouette.

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A canyon scene with a blue sky, white clouds, evergreen trees, and deciduous trees showing red, orange, and yellow autumn leaves, with a light rock face and a fallen log. — Maples turning red and orange in the West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon at the start of autumn.

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