The "Wave" is aNavajo sandstonerock formation located in the American southwest , near the Arizona and Utah border. It is an area made world famous by photographs of its marvelous crimson undulating forms. The location was first widely publicized in Germany, in magazine articles and a movie 'Faszination Natur' by Gogol Lobmayr in 1995. After its' discovery, word spread to the photographic world quickly via the internet. The "Wave" which is located in on the slopes of theNorth Coyote Buttes, in theParia Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wildernesswas soon overwhelmed by the photographic community.

As is often the case, a lemming like rush towards an object of public obsession, overlooks objects of equal or perhaps even greater merit. The Cottonwood Cove area in the South Coyotte Buttes area is a case in point.

To visit Cottonwood Cove one must obtain a day use permit from Arizona office of the Bureau of Land Management. To find out more about the permit processclick here. Unlike the overw...