▲ A nearly-full ''supermoon'' rises at dusk above the Valley of the Gods in the proposed Bear Ears National Monument near Mexican Hat, Utah, USA, 13 November 2016. In October 2015, a coalition of five Indian nations, including the Hopi, Ute, and Navajo, formally proposed the monument, attempting to preserve the parcel''s 100,000 archeological sites from ongoing looting and grave robbing. Less than two months before handing over the White House to President Elect Trump, President Obama must decide if it''s worth the political capital to designate Bear Ears a national monument. EPA
▲ Eight hundred-year-old Ancestral Pueblo ruins, known as ''House on Fire Ruins'' for the smoldering color of its sandstone, are among the 100,000 archeological sites within the proposed Bear Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah, USA, 13 November 2016. In October 2015, a coalition of five Indian nations, including the Hopi, Ute, and Navajo, formally proposed the monument, attempting to preserve the parcel''s 100,000 archeological sites from ongoing looting and grave robbing. Less than two months before handing over the White House to President Elect Trump, President Obama must decide if it''s worth the political capital to designate Bear Ears a national monument. EPA
▲ Eight hundred-year-old Ancestral Pueblo ruins, known as ''Fallen House Ruins,'' are among the 100,000 archeological sites within the proposed Bear Ears National Monument near Mexican Hat, Utah, USA, 13 November 2016. In October 2015, a coalition of five Indian nations, including the Hopi, Ute, and Navajo, formally proposed the monument, attempting to preserve the parcel''s 100,000 archeological sites from ongoing looting and grave robbing. Less than two months before handing over the White House to President Elect Trump, President Obama must decide if it''s worth the political capital to designate Bear Ears a national monument. EPA
▲ A nearly-full ''supermoon'' rises at dusk above the Valley of the Gods in the proposed Bear Ears National Monument near Mexican Hat, Utah, USA, 13 November 2016. In October 2015, a coalition of five Indian nations, including the Hopi, Ute, and Navajo, formally proposed the monument, attempting to preserve the parcel''s 100,000 archeological sites from ongoing looting and grave robbing. Less than two months before handing over the White House to President Elect Trump, President Obama must decide if it''s worth the political capital to designate Bear Ears a national monument. EPA