So scientists say if you are caught in this creeping, crawling, cicada storm, don't think of it as a scary nuisance but a natural wonder like the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls.
Perched on the edge of a marine sanctuary larger in size than Yellowstone and twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, Monterey’s wild majesty has long humbled those who’ve walked her rugged shores.
It is a world of red sandy deserts (hence its name--the Red Planet), cloudless skies, savage sandstorms, chasms wider than the Grand Canyon and at least one mountain more than twice as tall as Everest.
About 3,500 kilometers south of Kenai Fjords National Park, five million years of running water, combined with rock uplift, have eroded a deep ravine into the American state of Arizona.