Iconic setting provides dramatic ballooning
A hot air balloon floats over the red sandstone formations of Monument Valley Tribal Park Saturday morning before high winds caused the rest of the events to be canceled Saturday night and Sunday morning. Photo courtesy Navajo Parks and Recreation Department.

By Dalina Castellanos
Diné Bureau

MONUMENT VALLEY — The soft red sand between the towering buttes where John Wayne filmed some of his greatest work was home to a different kind of premiere Saturday.

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