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  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ1-2236-37pan_Lower-Antelope-Cany...jpg
  • Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, Utah, USA. The Wingate sandstone cliffs that enclose the upper end of Indian Creek Canyon are covered by hundreds of ancient Indian petroglyphs (rock carvings), one of the largest, best preserved and accessible groups in the Southwest USA. The petroglyphs have a mixture of human (feet, figures), animal (deer, pronghorn, horse), material and abstract forms of uncertain meaning. Starting about 2000 years ago, humans have chipped away the dark natural desert varnish to reveal lighter colored sandstone beneath.
    06UT_3084-Newspaper_Rock.jpg
  • Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, Utah, USA. The cliffs that enclose the upper end of Indian Creek Canyon are covered by hundreds of ancient Indian petroglyphs (rock carvings), one of the largest, best preserved and accessible groups in the Southwest USA. The petroglyphs have a mixture of human (feet, figures), animal (deer, pronghorn, buffalo, horse), abstract and material forms of uncertain meaning. Starting about 2000 years ago, humans have chipped away the dark natural desert varnish to reveal lighter colored Wingate sandstone beneath.
    06UT_3083-Newspaper_Rock.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ3C-5071_Lower-Antelope-Canyon.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ3C-5042_Lower-Antelope-Canyon.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral. (Panorama stitched from 2 photos.)
    11AZ1-2308-09pan_Lower-Antelope-Cany...jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ1-2303_Lower-Antelope-Canyon.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ1-2262_Lower-Antelope-Canyon.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ1-2240_Lower-Antelope-Canyon.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral. (Panorama stitched from 2 photos.)
    11AZ1-2233-34pan_Lower-Antelope-Cany...jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ1-2205_Lower-Antelope-Canyon.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ1-2202_Lower-Antelope-Canyon.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ1-2161_Lower-Antelope-Canyon.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ1-2055_Lower-Antelope-Canyon.jpg
  • Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, Utah, USA. The cliffs that enclose the upper end of Indian Creek Canyon are covered by hundreds of ancient Indian petroglyphs (rock carvings), one of the largest, best preserved and accessible groups in the Southwest USA. The petroglyphs have a mixture of human (feet, figures), animal (deer, pronghorn, buffalo, horse), abstract and material forms of uncertain meaning. Starting about 2000 years ago, humans have chipped away the dark natural desert varnish to reveal lighter colored Wingate sandstone beneath.
    06UT_3095-Newspaper_Rock.jpg
  • Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, Utah, USA. The cliffs that enclose the upper end of Indian Creek Canyon are covered by hundreds of ancient Indian petroglyphs (rock carvings), one of the largest, best preserved and accessible groups in the Southwest USA. The petroglyphs have a mixture of human (feet, figures), animal (deer, pronghorn, buffalo, horse), abstract and material forms of uncertain meaning. Starting about 2000 years ago, humans have chipped away the dark natural desert varnish to reveal lighter colored Wingate sandstone beneath.
    06UT_3085-Newspaper_Rock.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ1-2245_Lower-Antelope-Canyon.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon (or "the Corkscrew") is a beautiful slot canyon in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. Flash floods and other erosion have carved Navajo Sandstone into this natural rock cathedral.
    11AZ1-2190_Lower-Antelope-Canyon.jpg
  • Regimental "hoodoos" are eroded pinnacles of soft rock in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. Published in Nature, the International Weekly Journal of Science, 17 January 2008 on the cover of the enclosed supplement "Year of Planet Earth," pages 257-304.
    94SW-09-29_Hoodoos_Bryce-Canyon.jpg
  • Sandstone pinnacles catch sunset light in Arches National Park, Utah, USA.
    06UT_2269_Arches-NP-Utah.jpg
  • From Orange Cliffs Overlook in Canyonlands National Park (Utah, USA), view the Green River in Stillwater Canyon, with the snowy Henry Mountains in the distance. (Panorama stitched from 2 photos.)
    06UT_2203-2204pan_Orange-Cliffs-Over...jpg
  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Lower Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_4183-Lower_Antelope_Canyon.jpg
  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Lower Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_4143-Lower_Antelope_Canyon.jpg
  • Million-year-old lake sediments have eroded into fantastic mud castles at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, USA. Camping overnight for sunrise and sunset will create good photo opportunities.
    99NV-01-36_Eroded-mud-columns-Cathed...jpg
  • Million-year-old lake sediments have eroded into fantastic mud castles at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, USA. Camping overnight for sunrise and sunset will create good photo opportunities.
    99NV-01-35_Eroded-mud-columns-Cathed...jpg
  • Million-year-old lake sediments have eroded into fantastic mud castles at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, USA. Camping overnight for sunrise and sunset will create good photo opportunities.
    99NV-01-26_Eroded-mud-columns-Cathed...jpg
  • Million-year-old lake sediments have eroded into fantastic mud castles at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, USA. Camping overnight for sunrise and sunset will create good photo opportunities.
    99NV-01-09_Eroded-mud-columns-Cathed...jpg
  • Million-year-old lake sediments have eroded into fantastic mud castles at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, USA. Camping overnight for sunrise and sunset will create good photo opportunities.
    99NV-01-06_Eroded-mud-Cathedral-Gorg...jpg
  • The "Fire Wave" is a one mile round trip walk in the White Domes area of Valley of Fire State Park, the oldest state park in Nevada (dedicated in 1935). Starting more than 150 million years ago, great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs were compressed, uplifting, faulted, and eroded to form the park's fiery red sandstone formations. The park also boasts fascinating patterns in limestone, shale, and conglomerate rock. The park adjoins Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence, at an elevation of 2000 to 2600 feet (610-790 m), 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, USA. Park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation.
    11NV1-1167_Valley-of-Fire-SP-Nevada.jpg
  • The "Fire Wave" is a one mile round trip walk in the White Domes area of Valley of Fire State Park, the oldest state park in Nevada (dedicated in 1935). Starting more than 150 million years ago, great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs were compressed, uplifting, faulted, and eroded to form the park's fiery red sandstone formations. The park also boasts fascinating patterns in limestone, shale, and conglomerate rock. The park adjoins Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence, at an elevation of 2000 to 2600 feet (610-790 m), 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, USA. Park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation.
    11NV1-1129_Valley-of-Fire-SP-Nevada.jpg
  • Orange, yellow and white sandstone rock erodes in a twisted pattern in Zion National Park, Utah, USA.
    99UT-21-30_Sandstone-waves_Zion-NP.jpg
  • Striped orange, yellow and pink sandstone rock pattern in Zion National Park, Utah, USA.
    99UT-21-20_Orange-white-sandstone-la...jpg
  • A chock stone is wedged in Bull Valley Gorge in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA.
    90UT-15-25-Bull-Valley-Gorge.jpg
  • Sunrise light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice. (Panorama stitched from 2 photos.)
    06UT_7034-7035pan_Bryce-NP-Sunrise.jpg
  • Sunrise light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_7022-Bryce-NP-Sunrise.jpg
  • Sunrise light strikes Thor's Hammer and other orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_7012-Bryce-NP-Sunrise.jpg
  • Sunrise light strikes Thor's Hammer and other orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_7004-Bryce-NP-Sunrise.jpg
  • Sunrise light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_7000-Bryce-NP-Sunrise.jpg
  • Sunrise light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_6165-Bryce-NP-Sunrise.jpg
  • Sunrise light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_6150-Bryce-NP-Sunrise.jpg
  • Sunrise light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_6149-Bryce-NP-Sunrise.jpg
  • Sunrise light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_6147-Bryce-NP-Sunrise.jpg
  • Sunrise light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_6145-Bryce-NP-Sunrise.jpg
  • Sunrise orange light silhouettes a bare tree in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA
    06UT_6129-Bryce-NP-Sunrise.jpg
  • Sunset light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_6108-Bryce-NP-Sunset.jpg
  • Sunset spotlights the Queen's Garden, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. The hoodoo on the left looks like a standing profile of Queen Elizabeth with gown. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    06UT_6106-Bryce-NP-Sunset.jpg
  • Sunset light strikes orange and white hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah, USA. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_6098-Bryce-NP-Sunset.jpg
  • Sunset spotlights the Queen's Garden, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. The hoodoo on the left looks like a standing profile of Queen Elizabeth with gown. Bryce is actually not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The ancient river and lake bed sedimentary rocks erode into hoodoos by the force of wind, water, and ice.
    06UT_6096-Bryce-NP-Sunset.jpg
  • Willis Creek has sculpted and scalloped a fascinating slot canyon in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, near Cannonville, Utah, USA.
    06UT_6078-Willis_Creek.jpg
  • Willis Creek has sculpted and scalloped a fascinating slot canyon in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, near Cannonville, Utah, USA.
    06UT_6006-Willis_Creek.jpg
  • Goosenecks State Park overlooks a deep meander of the San Juan River near Mexican Hat, Utah, USA. Millions of years ago, the Monument Upwarp forced the river to carve meanders over 1,000 feet deep (300 m) as the surrounding landscape slowly rose in elevation. (Panorama stitched from 10 photos.)
    06UT_3111-3120pan_Goosenecks_SP.jpg
  • Double Arch erodes from Entrada Sandstone in Arches National Park, Utah. A thick underground salt bed underlies the creation of the park's many arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths. Some 300 million years ago, a sea flowed into the area and eventually evaporated to create the salt bed up to thousands of feet thick. Over millions of years, the salt bed was covered with debris eroded from the Uncompahgre Uplift to the northeast. During the Early Jurassic (about 210 million years ago) desert conditions deposited the vast Navajo Sandstone. On top of that, about 140 million years ago, the Entrada Sandstone was deposited from stream and windblown sediments. Later, over 5000 feet (1500 m) of younger sediments were deposited and then mostly worn away, leaving the park's arches eroded mostly within the Entrada formation.
    06UT_3075-Double_Arch.jpg
  • Double Arch erodes from Entrada Sandstone in Arches National Park, Utah. A thick underground salt bed underlies the creation of the park's many arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths. Some 300 million years ago, a sea flowed into the area and eventually evaporated to create the salt bed up to thousands of feet thick. Over millions of years, the salt bed was covered with debris eroded from the Uncompahgre Uplift to the northeast. During the Early Jurassic (about 210 million years ago) desert conditions deposited the vast Navajo Sandstone. On top of that, about 140 million years ago, the Entrada Sandstone was deposited from stream and windblown sediments. Later, over 5000 feet (1500 m) of younger sediments were deposited and then mostly worn away, leaving the park's arches eroded mostly within the Entrada formation.
    06UT_3068-Double_Arch.jpg
  • Double Arch erodes from Entrada Sandstone in Arches National Park, Utah. A thick underground salt bed underlies the creation of the park's many arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths. Some 300 million years ago, a sea flowed into the area and eventually evaporated to create the salt bed up to thousands of feet thick. Over millions of years, the salt bed was covered with debris eroded from the Uncompahgre Uplift to the northeast. During the Early Jurassic (about 210 million years ago) desert conditions deposited the vast Navajo Sandstone. On top of that, about 140 million years ago, the Entrada Sandstone was deposited from stream and windblown sediments. Later, over 5000 feet (1500 m) of younger sediments were deposited and then mostly worn away, leaving the park's arches eroded mostly within the Entrada formation.
    06UT_3064-Double_Arch.jpg
  • South and North Windows are comprised of the Slick Rock member of Entrada Sandstone on top of the red-brown. or chocolate-brown marker beds of the Dewey .Bridge member, in Arches National Park, Utah, USA. These rock monuments are beautiful both at sunrise (seen here) and sunset.
    06UT_3017-South+North-Windows.jpg
  • Turret Arch is comprised of the Slick Rock member of Entrada Sandstone on top of the red-brown. or chocolate-brown marker beds of the Dewey .Bridge member, in Arches National Park, Utah, USA.
    06UT_3013-Turret-Arch.jpg
  • Turret Arch is comprised of the Slick Rock member of Entrada Sandstone on top of the red-brown. or chocolate-brown marker beds of the Dewey .Bridge member, in Arches National Park, Utah, USA.
    06UT_3011-Turret-Arch.jpg
  • The Three Gossips erode from the Slick Rock member of Entrada Sandstone in Arches National Park, Utah, USA. These rock monuments are beautiful both at sunrise (seen here) and sunset.
    06UT_3007-Courthouse-Towers.jpg
  • The orange sandstone Courthouse Towers resist erosion in Arches National Park, Utah, USA. These rock monuments are beautiful both at sunrise (seen here) and sunset. At left are the Three Gossips. The Courthouse Towers are comprised of the Slick Rock member of Entrada Sandstone above the red-brown. or chocolate-brown marker beds of the Dewey .Bridge member. (Panorama stitched from 3 photos.)
    06UT_2287-2289pan_Courthouse-Towers.jpg
  • Skyline Arch eroded within the Slick Rock member of Entrada Sandstone in Arches National Park, Utah, USA
    06UT_2266-Skyline-Arch.jpg
  • Sunset light glows orange on roadside sandstone mesas, buttes, and pinnacles of the Windows Section of Arches National Park, Utah, USA.
    06UT_2251_Arches-NP-Utah.jpg
  • Mesa Arch glows at sunrise in Canyonlands National Park, Utah in 2006. Panorama stitched from five images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Mesa Arch frames buttes in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.
    06UT_2123_Mesa-Arch_Canyonlands-NP.jpg
  • Balanced Rock catches golden rays of sunset in Arches National Park, Utah, USA. The Entrada Sandstone at Balanced Rock (128 feet/39 meters high) balances a caprock of the hard Slick Rock Member upon a base of the Dewey Bridge Member, a mudstone. The snow-dusted La Sal Mountains reach 12,780 feet in elevation. (Panorama stitched from 2 photos.)
    06UT_2073-2074pan_Arches-NP.jpg
  • Twisted tree branches reach towards Balanced Rock in Arches National Park, Utah, USA. The Entrada Sandstone at Balanced Rock (128 feet/39 meters high) balances a caprock of the hard Slick Rock Member upon a base of the Dewey Bridge Member, a mudstone.
    06UT_2056_Arches-NP.jpg
  • Balanced Rock juts 128 feet/39 meters above the desert floor in Arches National Park, Utah, USA. The Entrada Sandstone at Balanced Rock (128 feet/39 meters high) balances a caprock of the hard Slick Rock Member upon a base of the Dewey Bridge Member, a mudstone.
    06UT_2053_Arches-NP.jpg
  • The vetch flower is in the pea family. Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    06UT_2037-Vetch-flower_pea-family.jpg
  • Erosion forms pockets and holes in sandstone walls of Little Wild Horse Canyon, San Rafael Reef, Utah, USA. A short drive from Goblin Valley State Park Campground is a great 9 mile loop hike up Little Wild Horse Canyon and back down Bell Canyon. The hike requires some scrambling up and down sandstone ledges, through occasional shallow water holes and fascinating narrow slots. The Navajo and Wingate sandstone of the San Rafael Reef was uplifted fifty million years ago into a striking bluff which now runs from Price to Hanksville, bisected by Interstate 70 at a breach fifteen miles west of the town of Green River. The San Rafael Reef (and Swell) is one of the wildest places left in Utah.
    06UT_2008_Little-Wild-Horse-Canyon.jpg
  • Admire fanciful hoodoos, badlands, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat.
    06UT_1135-Goblin-Valley.jpg
  • A child explores fanciful hoodoos, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat.
    06UT_1134-Goblin-Valley.jpg
  • Mount Ellen, at the northern end of the Henry Mountains, rises prominently to the south of Goblin Valley State Park. Admire fanciful hoodoos, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat.
    06UT_1119-Goblin-Valley.jpg
  • Mount Ellen, at the northern end of the Henry Mountains, rises prominently to the south of Goblin Valley State Park. Admire fanciful hoodoos, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat.
    06UT_1112-Goblin-Valley.jpg
  • Mount Ellen, at the northern end of the Henry Mountains, rises prominently to the south of Goblin Valley State Park. Admire fanciful hoodoos, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat.
    06UT_1110-Goblin-Valley.jpg
  • Mount Ellen, at the northern end of the Henry Mountains, rises prominently to the south of Goblin Valley State Park. Admire fanciful hoodoos, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat.
    06UT_1106-Goblin-Valley.jpg
  • Mount Ellen, at the northern end of the Henry Mountains, rises prominently to the south of Goblin Valley State Park. Admire fanciful hoodoos, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat.
    06UT_1097-Goblin-Valley.jpg
  • A Volkswagon Eurovan pop top Camper parks by a golden butte at sunrise. Admire fanciful hoodoos, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat.
    06UT_1083-Goblin-Valley.jpg
  • Admire fanciful hoodoos, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat.
    06UT_1080-Goblin-Valley.jpg
  • The light-colored Curtis Formation. caps the reddish-brown suite of rocks called Entrada Sandstone where the park goblins form. Admire fanciful hoodoos, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville, in central Utah, USA. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat.
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  • Colorful nobby sandstone swirls in Llewellyn Gulch, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA.
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  • Mesas and pine tree along South Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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  • On the Havasupai Indian Reservation, Havasu Falls, Creek, and Canyon flow into Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Short-Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) is often wrongly called a "Horned Toad" or "Horny Toad." Photo in Nankoweap Canyon, Arizona, USA.
    06AZ_5102-Short-horned-lizard.jpg
  • Lower Antelope Canyon, Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
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  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Lower Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.") For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Lower Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_5071-Lower_Antelope_Canyon.jpg
  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Lower Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_4187-Lower_Antelope_Canyon.jpg
  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Lower Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_4185-Lower_Antelope_Canyon.jpg
  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Lower Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_4171-Lower_Antelope_Canyon.jpg
  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Lower Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_4147-Lower_Antelope_Canyon.jpg
  • Navajo Generating Station is a 2280 megawatt coal-fired powerplant on the Navajo Indian Reservation, near Lake Powell and the town of Page, Arizona, USA. Its three 236 meter high chimneys are among the tallest structures in Arizona. Power began in 1975 and air-cleaning ash scrubbers were added in the 1990s.
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  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Upper Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.") (Panorama stitched from 2 photos.)
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  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Upper Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_4110-Upper_Antelope_Canyon.jpg
  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Upper Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_4101-Upper_Antelope_Canyon.jpg
  • A ray of sunlight pierces the sandstone slot of Upper Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, Page, Arizona, USA. . (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_4092-Upper_Antelope_Canyon.jpg
  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Upper Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_4075-Upper_Antelope_Canyon.jpg
  • A ray of sunlight pierces the sandstone slot of Upper Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, Page, Arizona, USA. . (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.")
    06AZ_4055-Upper_Antelope_Canyon-p2.jpg
  • Flash floods have eroded a slot of Navajo sandstone into a natural cathedral at Upper Antelope Canyon, in Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park, Page, Arizona, USA. (The older spelling "Navaho" is no longer used by the Navajo, an American Indian group who call themselves Diné, or Dineh, "The People.") (Stitched from 2 photos.)
    06AZ_4007-4008pan_Upper-Antelope-Can...jpg
  • Colorful cliffs of rhyolite (solidified volcanic ash layers) rise 2000 feet above white sycamore trees in Cave Creek Canyon, in Coronado National Forest, near Portal, Arizona, USA. .This area of sparkling creeks attracts 12 species of hummingbirds and is one of the top destinations for bird enthusiasts in the USA.
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  • Hoodoos kiss at Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona, USA. The Heart of the Rocks Loop Trail (7 to 9 miles) makes an excellent day hike through fascinating arrays of hoodoos. 27 million years ago, huge volcanic eruptions laid down 2000 feet of ash and pumice which fused into rhyolitic tuff. This rock has eroded into fascinating hoodoos, spires, and balanced rocks which lie above the surrounding desert grasslands at elevations between 5100 and 7800 feet. At Chiricahua, the Sonoran desert meets the Chihuahuan desert, and the Rocky Mountains meet Mexico's Sierra Madre, making one of the most biologically diverse areas in the northern hemisphere. While we drove the dirt road to nearby Portal, Arizona, Carol saw a mountain lion crossing the road! Other animals here include javelina, coatimundi, bears, skunks, and deer.
    03AZ-13-17_Chiricahua_Hoodoos_Kissin...jpg
  • Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona: The Heart of the Rocks Loop Trail (7 to 9 miles) makes a perfect day hike through the hoodoos here. 27 million years ago, huge volcanic eruptions laid down 2000 feet of ash and pumice in this area, which fused into a rock known as rhyolitic tuff.  Since then this rock has eroded into fascinating hoodoos, spires, and balanced rocks which lie above the surrounding desert grasslands at elevations between 5100 and 7800 feet. At Chiricahua, the Sonoran desert meets the Chihuahuan desert, and the Rocky Mountains meet Mexico's Sierra Madre, making one of the most biologically diverse areas in the northern hemisphere. While we drove the dirt road to nearby Portal, Arizona, Carol saw a mountain lion crossing the road! Other animals here include javelina, coatimundi, bears, skunks, and deer. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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