POTD April 1, 2014: Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah

This scenery is no April Fools’—have a great afternoon!

Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Don DeBlieux; © 2012

Water from a recent storm fills shallow pools on the Permian-age White Rim Sandstone near the White Rim Trail. The trail traverses a broad bench formed by the resistant sandstone above the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers.

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