POTD February 21, 2017: Goblin Valley State Park

Goblin Valley State Park

Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg © 2017

Early morning sun casts shadows on “goblins” formed within the Entrada Sandstone, which consists of sediment deposited 160 million years ago in tidal flats and coastal dunes. Erosion forms the goblins, leaving resistant sandstone boulders perched atop softer siltstone and shale layers that erode more quickly.

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