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Gage Herbst, 26, from Alpine, Utah, took pictures of the valley called Adam-ondi-Ahman Friday August 17, 2012, near Gallatin, Missouri. Herbst was on his way to school in Akron, Ohio. The valley is historic and sacred to Latter-Day Saints. "I've heard a lot about it and wanted to see it," said Herbst. "It will be a very important place someday," he said, referring to the church's belief that this is the site where Jesus will return to earth.

Gage Herbst, 26, from Alpine, Utah, took pictures of the valley called Adam-ondi-Ahman Friday August 17, 2012, near Gallatin, Missouri. Herbst was on his way to school in Akron, Ohio. The valley is historic and sacred to Latter-Day Saints. “I've heard a lot about it and wanted to see it,” said Herbst. “It will be a very important place someday,” he said, referring to the church's belief that this is the site where Jesus will return to earth.

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