POTD January 6, 2014: Green River, San Rafael Desert, Emery County, Utah

Green River, San Rafael Desert, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Tom Chidsey

An ancient, meandering river channel composed of resistant sandstone in the Cedar Mountain Formation now stands 100 feet higher than the surrounding, less resistant siltstone and shale landscape southwest of Green River, San Rafael Desert, Emery County.

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